Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:21:13 +0400 From: Test Rat <ttsestt@gmail.com> To: Edward Tomasz =?utf-8?Q?Napiera=C5=82a?= <trasz@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Autosizing column widths in ps(1). Message-ID: <86hb6e1bau.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0CEA161B-6767-4379-B923-585B3D4EA74E@freebsd.org> ("Edward Tomasz =?utf-8?Q?Napiera=C5=82a=22's?= message of "Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:51:28 %2B0200") References: <0CEA161B-6767-4379-B923-585B3D4EA74E@freebsd.org>
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Edward Tomasz Napiera=C5=82a <trasz@freebsd.org> writes: > Patch below changes ps(1) to automatically size column widths according t= o 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 vie= w, it removes > the need to specify widths. Testing is welcome - the patch shouldn't cha= nge ps(1) > behaviour except slightly changing the widths, but the code changes are p= retty 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=3D; read h; echo $h; sort -k3) | less
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