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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:26:57 -0500
From: Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] bug or feature ?  --- ip/ping -6
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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