Re: df output on unbroken lines

[David T-G]

Jim, et al --

...and then Jim Meyering said...
% 
% David T-G <address@hidden> wrote:
% > Is there any way to get the output of df to be on unbroken lines?  To
% > wit:
% 
% Yes.  From the documentation (info df):

Oh, the info command.  I still haven't come to grips with that; I was
looking in the man page.


% 
% `-P'
% `--portability'
%      Use the POSIX output format.  This is like the default format
%      except for the following:
% 
%        1. The information about each filesystem is always printed on
%           exactly one line; a mount device is never put on a line by

Ah!  That's exactly what I need, then.


%           itself.  This means that if the mount device name is more
%           than 20 characters long (e.g., for some network mounts), the
%           columns are misaligned.

Fair enough; that's to be expected.


Thanks a bunch! & HAND

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