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Date:      Tue, 11 Jun 2002 06:46:13 -0700
From:      Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@theinternet.com.au>
Cc:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Looking for comments on a new utility...
Message-ID:  <20020611064612.A703@FreeBSD.ORG>
In-Reply-To: <20020611234055.N91173@zeus.theinternet.com.au>; from akm@theinternet.com.au on Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 11:40:55PM %2B1000
References:  <20020611051517.A87966@FreeBSD.ORG> <47290.1023799280@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> <20020611063707.C97611@FreeBSD.ORG> <20020611234055.N91173@zeus.theinternet.com.au>

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* Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@theinternet.com.au> escriurères
> +-------[ Juli Mallett ]----------------------
> |
> | Wasn't really aware of that existing, but my understanding from another message
> | in this thread is it just works with the output from ps(1)?  That seems a bit
> | icky to me.
> 
> Piping commands through other commands seems icky?

Relying on reasonable output from ps(1) seems icky when you can extract the
data yourself and not have to worry about formatting getting in the way of
processing data properly.
-- 
Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>                  FreeBSD: The Power To Serve
Perception is prejudice / Don't classify me / Accept me as me / Not what you see

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