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authoryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2006-08-18 14:12:38 +0000
committeryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2006-08-18 14:12:38 +0000
commitad697718d27db38349872a89cf85dc095b653e91 (patch)
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Document a detail in the present syntax of "ps -o foo=bar". Now
the header title string "bar" extends to the end of the argument even if it contains commas or spaces, unlike in RELENG_4 or earlier. The modern syntax agrees with SUSv3. MFC after: 3 days
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diff --git a/bin/ps/ps.1 b/bin/ps/ps.1
index 585113b..2575929 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 March 20, 2005
+.Dd August 18, 2006
.Dt PS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -179,14 +179,15 @@ the standard header.
.It Fl o
Display information associated with the space or comma separated
list of keywords specified.
-Multiple keywords may also be given in the form of more than one
-.Fl o
-option.
-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 spanning the rest of the argument.
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
+.Fl o
+option.
+So the header texts for multiple keywords can be changed.
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.
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