From: Stefan Raspl <stefan.raspl@xxxxxxxxxx> Sort the fields returned by specifying '-f help' on the command line. While at it, simplify the code a bit, indent the output and eliminate an extra blank line at the beginning. Signed-off-by: Stefan Raspl <raspl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat index 42c34b8818f7..929c8379d82a 100755 --- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat +++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import resource import struct import re import subprocess +from sets import Set from collections import defaultdict VMX_EXIT_REASONS = { @@ -1572,17 +1573,14 @@ def main(): stats = Stats(options) - if options.fields == "help": + if options.fields == 'help': stats.fields_filter = None - event_list = "\n" - s = stats.get() - for key in s.keys(): - if key.find('(') != -1: - key = key[0:key.find('(')] - if event_list.find('\n' + key + '\n') == -1: - event_list += key + '\n' - sys.stdout.write(event_list) - return "" + event_list = [] + for key in stats.get().keys(): + event_list.append(key.split('(', 1)[0]) + event_list.sort() + sys.stdout.write(' ' + '\n '.join(sorted(Set(event_list))) + '\n') + sys.exit(0) if options.log: log(stats) -- 2.13.5