On Feb 12, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Dave Anderson <anderson(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: ----- Original Message ----- > Resent using a benign email client > > When redirecting output to a file or script the 'spinner' written by the > lkcd_speedo() function complicates parsing output. > > Currently the spinner is only suppressed if crash is run with the '-s' > option or the command 'set silent on' has been executed. The change in > this patch suppresses the spinner when the output is redirected to a > pipe or file. > > --- > diff -Nurp crash-7.1.0//lkcd_common.c crash-7.1.0+//lkcd_common.c > --- crash-7.1.0//lkcd_common.c 2015-02-06 12:44:11.000000000 -0600 > +++ crash-7.1.0+//lkcd_common.c 2015-02-11 13:50:11.000000000 -0600 > @@ -623,7 +623,8 @@ lkcd_speedo(void) > { > static int i = 0; > > - if (pc->flags & SILENT) { > + if (pc->flags & SILENT || > + pc->redirect & (REDIRECT_TO_PIPE | REDIRECT_TO_FILE)) { > return; > } > > I wish the LKCD folks never put that thing in there to begin with. Without thinking about it, I tested the patch by simply doing this: $ crash vmlinux vmcore > /tmp/output and of course it doesn't even work in that case -- which would seem to be as desirable as doing it for individual commands. I would accept a patch that removes the function entirely. Would anybody object to that? Dave