Update Readme with new option filter and add usage chapter with --help

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Nicolas 2015-08-11 18:18:52 +02:00
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@ -36,8 +36,21 @@ brew install telegraf
* Edit the configuration to match your needs
* Run `telegraf -config telegraf.toml -test` to output one full measurement sample to STDOUT
* Run `telegraf -config telegraf.toml` to gather and send metrics to InfluxDB
* Run `telegraf -config telegraf.toml -filter system:swap` to enable only two plugins described into config file
### Telegraf Usage
```telegraf --help```
* -config="": configuration file to load
* -debug=false: show metrics as they're generated to stdout
* -filter="": filter the plugins to enable, separator is :
* -httptest.serve="": if non-empty, httptest.NewServer serves on this address and blocks
* -pidfile="": file to write our pid to
* -sample-config=false: print out full sample configuration
* -test=false: gather metrics, print them out, and exit
* -version=false: display the version
## Telegraf Options
Telegraf has a few options you can configure under the `agent` section of the