Bug 122131 - ps command doesn't support by CPU listing of processes
Summary: ps command doesn't support by CPU listing of processes
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: procps
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Daniel Walsh
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-04-30 18:43 UTC by Sean Bruno
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-05-10 15:27:49 UTC
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Description Sean Bruno 2004-04-30 18:43:08 UTC
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Description of problem:
In previous releases of "ps" you could display processes with the CPU
that they were running on by using the --format=cpu command.

That ability seems to have been intentionally removed by the procps
folks as it is no longer in the --help or the "man" page for ps.

It was in the 2.x versions of procps, so it has been removed
intentionally for some reason.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
procps-3.2.0-1.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run ps --format=cpu
2.
3.
    

Actual Results:  all processes listed with a "-" instead of the number
of the CPU that they are running on:

[sean@homebox sean]$ ps -ef --format=cpu
Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See
http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
CPU
  -
  -
  -
  -
  -
  -
  -


Expected Results:  It should list the CPU that it is running on, this
works in the 2.x versions of procps.

Additional info:

I am putting this in as a Feature Request as it is a loss of
functionality not a bug per se.  

I hope to get the procps folks to put this back into their program as
it is a very useful tool for troubleshooting thread performance issues.

Comment 1 Sean Bruno 2004-05-10 15:27:49 UTC
I asked the procps folks for their assistance on this one.  There is
an alternative --format option "psr" that works just as well and
solves this item.

Go ahead and close this!  


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