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ps: Document -P option

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The -P option for ps has been in there for decades but neither the
man page nor the help option explained what it did.

Amazing what crops up even now!

References:
 https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/701422/what-does-p-mean-in-the-context-of-the-ps-command
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Craig Small 2022-05-11 17:34:12 +10:00
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commit 19c65159a9
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ps/help.c
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@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ void do_help (const char *opt, int rc) {
fputs(_(" O <format> as -O, with BSD personality\n"), out); fputs(_(" O <format> as -O, with BSD personality\n"), out);
fputs(_(" -o, o, --format <format>\n" fputs(_(" -o, o, --format <format>\n"
" user-defined format\n"), out); " user-defined format\n"), out);
fputs(_(" -P add psr column\n"), out);
fputs(_(" s signal format\n"), out); fputs(_(" s signal format\n"), out);
fputs(_(" u user-oriented format\n"), out); fputs(_(" u user-oriented format\n"), out);
fputs(_(" v virtual memory format\n"), out); fputs(_(" v virtual memory format\n"), out);

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ps/ps.1
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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\" Quick hack conversion by Albert Cahalan, 1998. .\" Quick hack conversion by Albert Cahalan, 1998.
.\" Licensed under version 2 of the Gnu General Public License. .\" Licensed under version 2 of the Gnu General Public License.
.\" .\"
.TH PS "1" "January 2022" "procps-ng" "User Commands" .TH PS "1" "2022-05-11" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
.\" .\"
.\" To render this page: .\" To render this page:
.\" groff -t -b -man -X -P-resolution -P100 -Tps ps.1 & .\" groff -t -b -man -X -P-resolution -P100 -Tps ps.1 &
@ -539,6 +539,9 @@ options when in doubt. Use the
environment variable to specify a default as desired; DefSysV and DefBSD are environment variable to specify a default as desired; DefSysV and DefBSD are
macros that may be used to choose the default UNIX or BSD columns. macros that may be used to choose the default UNIX or BSD columns.
.TP .TP
.B \-P
Add a column showing \fBpsr\fR.
.TP
.B s .B s
Display signal format. Display signal format.
.TP .TP