(sorry about the top-posting) Not always, there are many applications where columnar data is easier to work with; I have a fair number of processes that collect lots of fio terse output and use awk & sort to condense the results. JSON would add an extra set of steps. That aside, an optional fio-provided header would be nice. z! ________________________________________ From: fio-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [fio-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Sitsofe Wheeler [sitsofe@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 9:30 AM To: Alireza Haghdoost Cc: fio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Suggestion] Header for --minimal output On 16 February 2015 at 16:34, Alireza Haghdoost <haghdoost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > the --minimal output is very hard to track and decode by script Wouldn't it be preferable to use the json output if things are going to be processed further? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html