Re: [PATCH iproute2] ss: Don't pad the last (enabled) column

[Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>]

On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:22:37 +1000
Paul Wayper <pwayper@redhat.com> wrote:

> ss will emit spaces on the right hand side of a left-justified, enabled
> column even if it's the last column.  In situations where one or more
> lines are very long - e.g. because of a large PROCESS field value - this
> causes a lot of excess output.
> 
> Firstly, calculate the last enabled column.  Then use this in the check
> for whether to emit trailing spaces on the last column.
> 
> Also name the 'EXT' column as 'Details' and mark it as disabled by
> default, enabled when the -e or --extended options are supplied.
> 
> Fixes: 59f46b7b5be86 ("ss: Introduce columns lightweight abstraction")
> Signed-off-by: Paul Wayper <paulway@redhat.com>

Thanks for the new version (this should have "v2" in the subject line).
I'll have a look and test in a bit.

-- 
Stefano