Multi-line output in ss makes it difficult to search for things with
grep. This new option will make it easier to find sockets matching
certain criteria with simple grep commands.

Example without option:
$ ss -emoitn
State      Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port               Peer Address:Port
ESTAB      0      0      127.0.0.1:13265              127.0.0.1:36743           
    uid:1974 ino:48271 sk:1 <->
         skmem:(r0,rb2227595,t0,tb2626560,f0,w0,o0,bl0,d0) ts sack reno 
wscale:7,7 rto:211 rtt:10.245/16.616 ato:40 mss:65483 cwnd:10 
bytes_acked:41865496 bytes_received:21580440 segs_out:242496 segs_in:351446 
data_segs_out:242495 data_segs_in:242495 send 511.3Mbps lastsnd:2383 
lastrcv:2383 lastack:2342 pacing_rate 1022.6Mbps rcv_rtt:92427.6 
rcv_space:43725 minrtt:0.007

Example with new option:
$ ss -emoitnO
State    Recv-Q Send-Q          Local Address:Port            Peer Address:Port
ESTAB    0      0                   127.0.0.1:13265              
127.0.0.1:36743 uid:1974 ino:48271 sk:1 <-> 
skmem:(r0,rb2227595,t0,tb2626560,f0,w0,o0,bl0,d0) ts sack reno wscale:7,7 
rto:211 rtt:10.067/16.429 ato:40 mss:65483 pmtu:65535 rcvmss:536 advmss:65483 
cwnd:10 bytes_sent:41868244 bytes_acked:41868244 bytes_received:21581866 
segs_out:242512 segs_in:351469 data_segs_out:242511 data_segs_in:242511 send 
520.4Mbps lastsnd:14355 lastrcv:14355 lastack:14314 pacing_rate 1040.7Mbps 
delivery_rate 74837.7Mbps delivered:242512 app_limited busy:1861946ms 
rcv_rtt:92427.6 rcv_space:43725 rcv_ssthresh:43690 minrtt:0.007

Signed-off-by: Josh Hunt <joh...@akamai.com>
---
 man/man8/ss.8 |  3 +++
 misc/ss.c     | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/man8/ss.8 b/man/man8/ss.8
index 03a3dcc6c9c3..dd5ebc96ec03 100644
--- a/man/man8/ss.8
+++ b/man/man8/ss.8
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Output version information.
 .B \-H, \-\-no-header
 Suppress header line.
 .TP
+.B \-O, \-\-one-line
+Print each socket's data on a single line.
+.TP
 .B \-n, \-\-numeric
 Do not try to resolve service names.
 .TP
diff --git a/misc/ss.c b/misc/ss.c
index 9cb3ee19e542..3a193db7d17f 100644
--- a/misc/ss.c
+++ b/misc/ss.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static int follow_events;
 static int sctp_ino;
 static int show_tipcinfo;
 static int show_tos;
+int oneline = 0;
 
 enum col_id {
        COL_NETID,
@@ -3053,7 +3054,8 @@ static int inet_show_sock(struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
        }
 
        if (show_mem || (show_tcpinfo && s->type != IPPROTO_UDP)) {
-               out("\n\t");
+               if (!oneline)
+                       out("\n\t");
                if (s->type == IPPROTO_SCTP)
                        sctp_show_info(nlh, r, tb);
                else
@@ -3973,7 +3975,10 @@ static int packet_show_sock(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void 
*arg)
 
        if (show_details) {
                if (pinfo) {
-                       out("\n\tver:%d", pinfo->pdi_version);
+                       if (oneline)
+                               out(" ver:%d", pinfo->pdi_version);
+                       else
+                               out("\n\tver:%d", pinfo->pdi_version);
                        out(" cpy_thresh:%d", pinfo->pdi_copy_thresh);
                        out(" flags( ");
                        if (pinfo->pdi_flags & PDI_RUNNING)
@@ -3991,19 +3996,28 @@ static int packet_show_sock(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void 
*arg)
                        out(" )");
                }
                if (ring_rx) {
-                       out("\n\tring_rx(");
+                       if (oneline)
+                               out(" ring_rx(");
+                       else
+                               out("\n\tring_rx(");
                        packet_show_ring(ring_rx);
                        out(")");
                }
                if (ring_tx) {
-                       out("\n\tring_tx(");
+                       if (oneline)
+                               out(" ring_tx(");
+                       else
+                               out("\n\tring_tx(");
                        packet_show_ring(ring_tx);
                        out(")");
                }
                if (has_fanout) {
                        uint16_t type = (fanout >> 16) & 0xffff;
 
-                       out("\n\tfanout(");
+                       if (oneline)
+                               out(" fanout(");
+                       else
+                               out("\n\tfanout(");
                        out("id:%d,", fanout & 0xffff);
                        out("type:");
 
@@ -4032,7 +4046,10 @@ static int packet_show_sock(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void 
*arg)
                int num = RTA_PAYLOAD(tb[PACKET_DIAG_FILTER]) /
                          sizeof(struct sock_filter);
 
-               out("\n\tbpf filter (%d): ", num);
+               if (oneline)
+                       out(" bpf filter (%d): ", num);
+               else
+                       out("\n\tbpf filter (%d): ", num);
                while (num) {
                        out(" 0x%02x %u %u %u,",
                            fil->code, fil->jt, fil->jf, fil->k);
@@ -4144,7 +4161,10 @@ static int xdp_stats_print(struct sockstat *s, const 
struct filter *f)
 
 static void xdp_show_ring(const char *name, struct xdp_diag_ring *ring)
 {
-       out("\n\t%s(", name);
+       if (oneline)
+               out(" %s(", name);
+       else
+               out("\n\t%s(", name);
        out("entries:%u", ring->entries);
        out(")");
 }
@@ -4152,7 +4172,10 @@ static void xdp_show_ring(const char *name, struct 
xdp_diag_ring *ring)
 static void xdp_show_umem(struct xdp_diag_umem *umem, struct xdp_diag_ring *fr,
                          struct xdp_diag_ring *cr)
 {
-       out("\n\tumem(");
+       if (oneline)
+               out(" tumem(");
+       else
+               out("\n\tumem(");
        out("id:%u", umem->id);
        out(",size:%llu", umem->size);
        out(",num_pages:%u", umem->num_pages);
@@ -4574,7 +4597,10 @@ static int tipc_show_sock(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void 
*arg)
        proc_ctx_print(&ss);
 
        if (show_tipcinfo) {
-               out("\n type:%s", stype_nameg[ss.type]);
+               if (oneline)
+                       out(" type:%s", stype_nameg[ss.type]);
+               else
+                       out("\n type:%s", stype_nameg[ss.type]);
                out(" cong:%s ",
                       stat[TIPC_NLA_SOCK_STAT_LINK_CONG] ? "link" :
                       stat[TIPC_NLA_SOCK_STAT_CONN_CONG] ? "conn" : "none");
@@ -4877,6 +4903,7 @@ static void _usage(FILE *dest)
 "\n"
 "   -K, --kill          forcibly close sockets, display what was closed\n"
 "   -H, --no-header     Suppress header line\n"
+"   -O, --one-line      socket's data printed on a single line\n"
 "\n"
 "   -A, --query=QUERY, --socket=QUERY\n"
 "       QUERY := 
{all|inet|tcp|udp|raw|unix|unix_dgram|unix_stream|unix_seqpacket|packet|netlink|vsock_stream|vsock_dgram|tipc}[,QUERY]\n"
@@ -5003,6 +5030,7 @@ static const struct option long_opts[] = {
        { "kill", 0, 0, 'K' },
        { "no-header", 0, 0, 'H' },
        { "xdp", 0, 0, OPT_XDPSOCK},
+       { "one-line", 0, 0, 'O' },
        { 0 }
 
 };
@@ -5018,7 +5046,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
        int state_filter = 0;
 
        while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv,
-                                "dhaletuwxnro460spbEf:miA:D:F:vVzZN:KHS",
+                                "dhaletuwxnro460spbEf:miA:D:F:vVzZN:KHSO",
                                 long_opts, NULL)) != EOF) {
                switch (ch) {
                case 'n':
@@ -5192,6 +5220,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                case 'H':
                        show_header = 0;
                        break;
+               case 'O':
+                       oneline = 1;
+                       break;
                case 'h':
                        help();
                case '?':
-- 
2.7.4

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