From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.2 \(3112\)) From: Kenny Lasse Hoff Levinsen In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:43:12 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <4AE7714E-C18F-4897-ACC1-4F8D35C858AE@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp> <2F96B09F-7524-473A-B883-9A7B7DD09978@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp> <18123F6C-5742-4E3D-906F-A7D4D8C40412@quintile.net> <20151230152657.GD50885@wopr.sciops.net> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] bug or feature ? --- ip/ping -6 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7b7402c2-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 It is not a common factor if you ping broadcast. That is, the local = address is common, the remote is not. joushou > On 30 Dec 2015, at 20:05, Steve Simon wrote: >=20 > I would display the IP address once only, rather on every line; as it = is a common factor. >=20 > -Steve >=20 >=20 >> On 30 Dec 2015, at 15:26, Kurt H Maier wrote: >>=20 >>> 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. >>>=20 >>> 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. >>>=20 >>> Having said this, I understand that tradition is also a strong = guiding principal. >>>=20 >>> -Steve >>=20 >> I have no opinion on the labeling, but dropping the IPs from the = output >> would make this tool useless for logging data. >>=20 >> khm >=20