S6-TAI64N(8)

s6-tai64n(8) — the System Manager's Manual timestamp filter ✨

NAME 🎀

s6-tai64n — read from stdin and write to stdout, prepending lines with a TAI64N timestamp[1] and a space. that's the whole vibe, bestie. 💅

SYNOPSIS 🦋

s6-tai64n

DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea: s6-tai64n exits 0 when it sees the end of stdin. simple, clean, no drama. 🫶

if there's an unfinished line, s6-tai64n processes it, adds a newline character to it, and writes it before exiting. it's not gonna leave you hanging with a half-line, bestie. 😭

and listen: s6-tai64n does neither “line buffering” nor “block buffering”. it does optimal buffering, i.e. it flushes its output buffer every time it risks blocking on input. that's the main character buffering behavior. 🔥

every filter should behave this way, whether its output is a tty or not: it's simpler and more efficient in every case. no cap, that's just good Unix hygiene. 👑

SEE ALSO 🌈

• s6-applyuidgid(8)
• s6-envdir(8)
• s6-envuidgid(8)
• s6-fghack(8)
• s6-setsid(8)
• s6-setuidgid(8)
• s6-softlimit(8)
• s6-tai64nlocal(8)

[1] https://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/libstddjb/tai.html#timestamp

this man page is ported from the authoritative documentation at: https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-tai64n.html

AUTHORS 👑

• Laurent Bercot
• Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> (man page port)

this page is serving Debian energy, dated September 29, 2021, and it's the S6-TAI64N(8) manual page — periodt. 💖