Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:15:29 -0700 From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> To: Eduardo Meyer <dudu.meyer@gmail.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Script-friendly (parseble) ps(1) output? Message-ID: <4908EE91.1080706@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <d3ea75b30810291502h716ae979r9906a7a053ec5f56@mail.gmail.com> References: <d3ea75b30810291502h716ae979r9906a7a053ec5f56@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eduardo Meyer wrote: > Hello, > > I need to write a cgi script which will print the output from ps(1) in > a table (html), so the average-operator can click on a KILL link and > the cgi will send the selected signal. > > I need to add one ps information per column in a table (html), > however, I found ps(1) output to be too hard to parse. There is no > separator. I believed \t was the separator but its not. > > The ps(1) command I need to use is: > > ps -ax -o pid -o user -o emul -o lstart -o lockname -o stat -o command > > Since many of those args use [:space:] in the output, I can not use > [:space:] as a separator. > Sadly, `-o fiend='value'` will only format the HEADER output, not the values. > > Ive got no clue what to do, can someone enlight me? Perhaps use cut(1) with -c or something similar in other scripting language? It looks like that the output is aligned. Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkI7pEACgkQi+vbBBjt66Bi3wCgmk9chU/FIZjuBpm/57Yl7jBY D6kAoI6ZmQRdxDm7mzjale84p4uXmlmz =4FMM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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