Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:40:15 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-2?Q?Edward_Tomasz_Napiera=B3a?= <trasz@freebsd.org> To: Test Rat <ttsestt@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Autosizing column widths in ps(1). Message-ID: <589EB85A-1902-4643-A1FD-3C98445127DB@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <86hb6e1bau.fsf@gmail.com> References: <0CEA161B-6767-4379-B923-585B3D4EA74E@freebsd.org> <86hb6e1bau.fsf@gmail.com>
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Wiadomość napisana przez Test Rat w dniu 22 lip 2011, o godz. 19:21: > Edward Tomasz Napierała <trasz@freebsd.org> writes: > >> Patch below changes ps(1) to automatically size column widths according to their >> contents. From the user point of view, it prevents breaking layout with too wide values >> and in most cases makes output narrower. From the developer point of view, it removes >> the need to specify widths. Testing is welcome - the patch shouldn't change ps(1) >> behaviour except slightly changing the widths, but the code changes are pretty large >> and it's quite possible I've missed something. > > STAT column seems to be right-aligned when it was previously left-aligned. > This makes sorting it harder, e.g. > > $ ps ax | (IFS=; read h; echo $h; sort -k3) | less Good catch, thanks! Updated patch, which also fixes two issues affecting TTY column, is at http://people.freebsd.org/~trasz/ps-9.diff. -- If you cut off my head, what would I say? Me and my head, or me and my body?
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