From: Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] bug or feature ? --- ip/ping -6
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:26:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151230152657.GD50885@wopr.sciops.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18123F6C-5742-4E3D-906F-A7D4D8C40412@quintile.net>
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 03:05:33PM +0000, Steve Simon wrote:
> If I where redesigning ping I wouldn't repeat any info that is common on each line - I.e. ip addresses or the column titles: rtt, ave etc.
>
> consider plan9's ps(1) which has no column titles. they are described in the man page and are obvious from the context once you have read the man page once.
>
> Having said this, I understand that tradition is also a strong guiding principal.
>
> -Steve
I have no opinion on the labeling, but dropping the IPs from the output
would make this tool useless for logging data.
khm
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-30 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-28 9:04 arisawa
2015-12-29 0:10 ` Anthony Martin
2015-12-30 12:48 ` arisawa
2015-12-30 13:21 ` Charles Forsyth
2015-12-30 15:05 ` Steve Simon
2015-12-30 15:26 ` Kurt H Maier [this message]
2015-12-30 19:05 ` Steve Simon
2015-12-30 22:43 ` Kenny Lasse Hoff Levinsen
2015-12-30 23:36 ` Steve Simon
2015-12-31 0:16 ` Bakul Shah
2015-12-31 1:36 ` arisawa
2015-12-31 3:44 ` Dave Eckhardt
2016-01-02 1:12 ` erik quanstrom
2016-01-02 1:54 ` erik quanstrom
2016-01-03 19:58 ` hiro
2016-01-03 20:04 ` erik quanstrom
2016-01-03 20:31 ` erik quanstrom
2016-01-03 21:40 ` hiro
2016-01-03 21:43 ` hiro
2016-01-03 21:47 ` erik quanstrom
2016-01-04 1:31 ` erik quanstrom
2016-01-04 10:51 ` Anthony Martin
2016-01-04 13:04 ` erik quanstrom
2016-01-04 13:58 ` erik quanstrom
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