In my case, ss when piped also corrupts the header as it merges "Address:Port" and "Process" to read "Address:PortProcess":
$ ss -tpnl | head -n 3| tr ' ' '_' State__Recv-Q_Send-Q_Local_Address:Port__Peer_Address:PortProcess_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LISTEN_0______4096___127.0.0.53%lo:53_________0.0.0.0:*____users:(("systemd-resolve",pid=1045,fd=15))_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LISTEN_0______4096______127.0.0.54:53_________0.0.0.0:*____users:(("systemd-resolve",pid=1045,fd=17))_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1888494 Title: ss outputs lots of trailing spaces To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iproute2/+bug/1888494/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs