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In the manpage of ps

-j Jobs format.

-f Do full-format listing.

-o format User-defined format.

$ ps -j -o ppid,sid
error: can not use output modifiers with user-defined output

$ ps -f -o ppid,sid
 PPID   SID
 3046 23122
 3046  1002
 1002  1002
 3046 13961
...

What does output modifiers mean? In the manpage of ps, -j,-f and -o are listed under OUTPUT FORMAT CONTROL, instead of OUTPUT MODIFIERS.

Generally speaking, how are output modifiers used, compared to output format control options?

Are output modifiers options or arguments?

In the manpage of ps

-j Jobs format.

-f Do full-format listing.

-o format User-defined format.

$ ps -j -o ppid,sid
error: can not use output modifiers with user-defined output

$ ps -f -o ppid,sid
 PPID   SID
 3046 23122
 3046  1002
 1002  1002
 3046 13961
...

What does output modifiers mean? In the manpage of ps, -j,-f and -o are listed under OUTPUT FORMAT CONTROL, instead of OUTPUT MODIFIERS.

Generally speaking, how are output modifiers used, compared to output format control options?

Are output modifiers options or arguments?

In the manpage of ps

-j Jobs format.

 

-f Do full-format listing.

 

-o format User-defined format.

$ ps -j -o ppid,sid
error: can not use output modifiers with user-defined output

$ ps -f -o ppid,sid
 PPID   SID
 3046 23122
 3046  1002
 1002  1002
 3046 13961
...

What does output modifiers mean? In the manpage of ps, -j,-f and -o are listed under OUTPUT FORMAT CONTROL, instead of OUTPUT MODIFIERS.

Generally speaking, how are output modifiers used, compared to output format control options?

Are output modifiers options or arguments?

In the manpage of ps

-j Jobs format.

-f Do full-format listing.

-o format User-defined format.

$ ps -j -o ppid,sid
error: can not use output modifiers with user-defined output

$ ps -f -o ppid,sid
 PPID   SID
 3046 23122
 3046  1002
 1002  1002
 3046 13961
...

What does output modifiers mean? In the manpage of ps, -j,-f and -o are listed under OUTPUT FORMAT CONTROL, instead of OUTPUT MODIFIERS.

Generally speaking, how are output modifiers used, compared to output format control options?

Are output modifiers options or arguments?

In the manpage of ps

-j Jobs format.

-f Do full-format listing.

-o format User-defined format.

$ ps -j -o ppid,sid
error: can not use output modifiers with user-defined output

$ ps -f -o ppid,sid
 PPID   SID
 3046 23122
 3046  1002
 1002  1002
 3046 13961
...

What does "output modifiers" mean? In the manpage of ps, -j,-f and -o are listed under "OUTPUT FORMAT CONTROL", instead of "OUTPUT MODIFIERS ".

Generally speaking, how are output modifiers used, compared to output format control options?

Are output modifiers options or arguments?

In the manpage of ps

-j Jobs format.

-f Do full-format listing.

-o format User-defined format.

$ ps -j -o ppid,sid
error: can not use output modifiers with user-defined output

$ ps -f -o ppid,sid
 PPID   SID
 3046 23122
 3046  1002
 1002  1002
 3046 13961
...

What does output modifiers mean? In the manpage of ps, -j,-f and -o are listed under OUTPUT FORMAT CONTROL, instead of OUTPUT MODIFIERS.

Generally speaking, how are output modifiers used, compared to output format control options?

Are output modifiers options or arguments?