Re: ps command in php

I'm doing like this: $ps = (passthru("ps -ef)); echo $ps; my output is something like this: UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 1 0 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:04 init [3] root 2 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 [kflushd] root 3 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:09 [kupdate] root 4 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 [kpiod] root 5 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:04 [kswapd] root 6 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 [mdrecoveryd] bin 404 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 [portmap] root 429 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:03:33 syslogd -m 0 root 438 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:01 klogd nobody 452 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 identd -e -o nobody 454 452 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 identd -e -o nobody 457 454 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 identd -e -o nobody 458 454 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 identd -e -o nobody 459 454 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 identd -e -o daemon 470 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/atd root 484 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:01 crond root 502 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 inetd root 539 1 0 What i want is to format it just like what it seen in the console: UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 1 0 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:04 init [3] root 2 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 [kflushd] root 3 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:09 [kupdate] root 4 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:00 [kpiod] root 5 1 0 Sep19 ? 00:00:04 [kswapd] any idea? > >I'm trying to have the output of the "ps -ef" command in Linux to my > >browser. Can anyone help how to properly have the output in proper > >format. I've used the passthru() function but the output is scrambled. > > What do you mean by 'scrambled'? The following works for me: > echo '<pre>', ps -ef, '</pre>'; > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: > sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html