From 7e29da026b31f02c839b40c4dcf7bd87741a5e4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josuah Demangeon Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 15:13:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] fflush(stdout) to print line by line if stdout is not a tty To reproduce the issue: $ slstatus -s | tee then it would print only when the stdout buffer is full, by block of multiple lines. fflush() makes sure the line is printed at every loop iteration --- slstatus.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/slstatus.c b/slstatus.c index c1cf8ac..5842b3e 100644 --- a/slstatus.c +++ b/slstatus.c @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) if (sflag) { printf("%s\n", status); + fflush(stdout); } else { XStoreName(dpy, DefaultRootWindow(dpy), status); XSync(dpy, False);