Subject: Re: ps -o field=HEADING,field2=HEADING2
To: None <tech-userlevel@NetBSD.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 09/12/2006 13:58:56
On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 09:07:35PM +0200, tlaronde@polynum.com wrote:
> The application shall ensure that the format specification is a list of
> names presented as a single argument, <blank> or comma-separated.

I would place the emphasis on this sentence. First we split the argument
on <blank> or commata.

> Each
> variable has a default header. The default header can be overridden by
> appending an equals sign and the new text of the header. The rest of the
> characters in the argument shall be used as the header text.

I would expect "argument" to be the rest of the substring above.

Joerg