Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:56:29 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: head behaviour Message-ID: <4C0B004D.9090706@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <20100605213731.816035B30@mail.bitblocks.com> References: <20100605201242.C79345B52@mail.bitblocks.com> <4C0AB448.2040104@FreeBSD.org> <20100605204845.6E56B5B52@mail.bitblocks.com> <4C0ABB58.6030009@FreeBSD.org> <20100605213731.816035B30@mail.bitblocks.com>
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On 05/06/2010 23:37, Bakul Shah wrote: > On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:02:16 PDT Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > It would be less surprising and more useful if > > $ ps | (head -1; grep ssh) > > showed > > PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND > <all line with ssh in it> > > The change in head behaviour I am suggesting wouldn't break > anything that already works but make it more useful for what > you call 'wacky commands lines'! I know this is besides the point you want to make, but I just cannot resist: # ps x | sed -e 1P -e '/ssh/\!d' -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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