Add back in non-ifdef version of FEATURE_PRETTY_PRINT, and get the attribution

right this time.


git-svn-id: svn://busybox.net/trunk/busybox@15754 69ca8d6d-28ef-0310-b511-8ec308f3f277

2 files changed, 40 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in
index 501ed6bfc..65d670824 100644
--- a/util-linux/Config.in
+++ b/util-linux/Config.in
@@ -17,6 +17,26 @@ config CONFIG_DMESG
           are also logged to the system console.  Enable this option if you
           wish to enable the 'dmesg' utility.
 
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY
+        bool "pretty dmesg output"
+        default y
+        depends on CONFIG_DMESG
+        help
+          If you wish to scrub the syslog level from the output, say 'Y' here.
+          The syslog level is a string prefixed to every line with the form "<#>".
+
+          With this option you will see:
+            # dmesg
+            Linux version 2.6.17.4 .....
+            BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
+             BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
+
+          Without this option you will see:
+            # dmesg
+            <5>Linux version 2.6.17.4 .....
+            <6>BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
+            <6> BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
+
 config CONFIG_FBSET
         bool "fbset"
         default n
diff --git a/util-linux/dmesg.c b/util-linux/dmesg.c
index 2b59ee23d..34519dfd1 100644
--- a/util-linux/dmesg.c
+++ b/util-linux/dmesg.c
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
  * 
  * dmesg - display/control kernel ring buffer.
  *
- * Copyring 2006 Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
+ * Copyright 2006 Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
+ * Copyright 2006 Bernhard Fischer <rep.nop@aon.at>
  *
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
@@ -28,8 +29,24 @@ int dmesg_main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 buf = xmalloc(len);
                 if (0 > (len = klogctl(3 + (flags & 1), buf, len)))
                         bb_perror_msg_and_die("klogctl");
-                write(1,buf,len);
-                if (len && buf[len-1]!='\n') putchar('\n');
+
+                // Skip <#> at the start of lines, and make sure we end with a newline. 
+
+                if (ENABLE_FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY) {
+                        int last = '\n';
+                        int in;
+
+                        for (in = 0; in<len;) {
+                                if (last == '\n' && buf[in] == '<') in += 3;
+                                else putchar(last = buf[in++]);
+                        }
+                        if (last != '\n') putchar('\n');
+                } else {
+                        write(1,buf,len);
+                        if (len && buf[len-1]!='\n') putchar('\n');
+                }
+
+                if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) free(buf);
         }
 
         return 0;