Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 15:28:28 +0000 From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r225927 - head/bin/ps Message-ID: <20111003152828.GA75007@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201110021605.p92G5JXb070257@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201110021605.p92G5JXb070257@svn.freebsd.org>
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--EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun Oct 2 11, Glen Barber wrote: > Author: gjb (doc committer) > Date: Sun Oct 2 16:05:19 2011 > New Revision: 225927 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/225927 > > Log: > Correct a typo that was introduced in 225912 > > Submitted by: Valentin Nechayev (netch % netch!kiev!ua), arundel > MFC after: 1 week > With-MFC: 225908 > > Modified: > head/bin/ps/ps.1 i've been reviewing the ps(1) man page some more and found several other issues. in addition to those, i think some of the recent changes could be improved, too. it would be nice to hear what people think regarding these changes. cheers. alex > > Modified: head/bin/ps/ps.1 > ============================================================================== > --- head/bin/ps/ps.1 Sun Oct 2 14:10:25 2011 (r225926) > +++ head/bin/ps/ps.1 Sun Oct 2 16:05:19 2011 (r225927) > @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ The process is being traced or debugged. > An abbreviation for the pathname of the controlling terminal, if any. > The abbreviation consists of the three letters following > .Pa /dev/tty , > -or, for psuedo-terminals, the corresponding entry in > +or, for pseudo-terminals, the corresponding entry in > .Pa /dev/pts . > This is followed by a > .Ql - --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ps.1.diff" diff --git a/bin/ps/ps.1 b/bin/ps/ps.1 index 2c04c21..965abcb 100644 --- a/bin/ps/ps.1 +++ b/bin/ps/ps.1 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" @(#)ps.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 1, 2011 +.Dd October 3, 2011 .Dt PS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ The default output format includes, for each process, the process' ID, controlling terminal, state, CPU time (including both user and system time) and associated command. .Pp +The +.Fl G , O , o , p , t +and +.Fl U +options accept, in addition to a single argument, a list of arguments +which must be space or comma seperated. +Also these options can be used more than once in a single +.Nm +command. +.Pp The process file system (see .Xr procfs 5 ) should be mounted when @@ -184,11 +194,15 @@ Add the information associated with the space or comma separated list of keywords specified, after the process ID, in the default information display. -Keywords may be appended with an equals +The last keyword in the list may be appended with an equals .Pq Ql = -sign and a string. +sign and a string that spans the rest of the argument, and can contain +space and comma characters. This causes the printed header to use the specified string instead of the standard header. +To specify header texts for multiple keywords, more than one +.Fl O +option must be used. .It Fl o Display information associated with the space or comma separated list of keywords specified. @@ -198,10 +212,9 @@ sign and a string that spans the rest of the argument, and can contain space and comma characters. This causes the printed header to use the specified string instead of the standard header. -Multiple keywords may also be given in the form of more than one +To specify header texts for multiple keywords, more than one .Fl o -option. -So the header texts for multiple keywords can be changed. +option must be used. If all keywords have empty header texts, no header line is written. .It Fl p Display information about processes which match the specified process IDs. @@ -217,7 +230,9 @@ with the standard input. .It Fl t Display information about processes attached to the specified terminal devices. -Full pathnames, as well as abbreviations (see explanation of the +Full pathnames, relative pathnames to +.Pa /dev , +as well as abbreviations (see explanation of the .Cm tt keyword) can be specified. .It Fl U @@ -428,16 +443,16 @@ The process is swapped out. The process is being traced or debugged. .El .It Cm tt -An abbreviation for the pathname of the controlling terminal, if any. -The abbreviation consists of the three letters following +An abbreviation for the device name of the controlling terminal, if any. +The abbreviation consists of the two letters following .Pa /dev/tty , -or, for pseudo-terminals, the corresponding entry in +or, for pseudo-terminals, the corresponding device number in .Pa /dev/pts . This is followed by a .Ql - if the process can no longer reach that controlling terminal (i.e., it has been revoked). -The full pathname of the controlling terminal is available via the +The full device name of the controlling terminal is available via the .Cm tty keyword. .It Cm wchan @@ -636,9 +651,12 @@ control terminal session ID .It Cm tsiz text size (in Kbytes) .It Cm tt -control terminal name (two letter abbreviation) +abbreviated two letter control terminal name or +device number for pseudo-terminals .It Cm tty -full name of control terminal +full name of control terminal or +.Pa pts/ Ns Ao Ar tt Ac +for pseudo-terminals .It Cm ucomm name to be used for accounting .It Cm uid --EVF5PPMfhYS0aIcm--
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