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bug#10915: 8.13: df -- overly long output lines are very hard to read
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
bug#10915: 8.13: df -- overly long output lines are very hard to read |
Date: |
Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:07:14 +0100 |
Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> jaalto wrote:
>
>> | > -r, --reverse
>> | >
>> | > $ df -Hlr
>> | >
>> | > Size Used Avail Use% Mounted-on Filesystem
>> | > 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G 72% / rootfs
>> | > 192M 0 192M 0% /dev udev
>> | > 40M 1.5M 38M 4% /run tmpfs
>> | > 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G 72% /
>> /dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627
>> | > 5.3M 0 5.3M 0% /run/lock tmpfs
>> | > 79M 7.9M 71M 10% /tmp tmpfs
>> | > 79M 0 79M 0% /run/shm tmpfs
>> | > 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G 72% /srv/cante.src
>> /dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627
>> | > 6.0G 4.1G 1.7G 72% /srv/cante.tmp
>> /dev/disk/by-uuid/492764a5-7506-4489-8fd0-82d0d284d627
>> | > 18G 8.1G 8.3G 50% /mnt/extent /dev/sdb1
>> | > 18G 8.1G 8.3G 50% /usr/src /dev/sdb1
>> | > 18G 8.1G 8.3G 50% /root/vc /dev/sdb1
>
>> I agree that your --reverse (but without the short-named '-r') would
>> be a useful improvement, regardless. That sounds reasonable for 8.16
>> is someone writes the patch. Even without the -r, you could still
>> abbreviate the long name to "--r".
>
> What about a more general --fmt (or --format) option to
> just get the columns you want in the order you want?
> E.g.
>
> df --format=size,free%,mnt,fs
> or
> df --format=size-h,mnt # <column name>-h or
> df --format=Size,mnt # uppercase Size meaning -h
Good point about the name.
However, a --format=SPEC normally contains %-directives
(find, stat, and of course printf), which would make it a bigger change.
That sounds like the right course, but now, probably better to target 8.17.
bug#10915: 8.13: df -- overly long output lines are very hard to read, Pádraig Brady, 2012/03/01