JakeWharton / JakeWharton/pidcat
Feature request: Global ignore list
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Description
I wonder if there is an option to hide all those output lines in general which are not particularly interesting for a specific app. Something like dalvik output counts in for me:
```
dalvikvm D GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 6972K, 27% free 25223K/34380K, paused 38ms, total 38ms
dalvikvm-heap I Grow heap (frag case) to 28.660MB for 4194320-byte allocation
dalvikvm D GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 1K, 15% free 29317K/34380K, paused 40ms, total 40ms
D GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 4918K, 25% free 25936K/34380K, paused 37ms, total 37ms
dalvikvm-heap I Grow heap (frag case) to 29.357MB for 4194320-byte allocation
```
I think a dotfile in `$HOME` such as Git does with `.gitignore` would be a good approach.
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Research direction
No implementation files or tests are named; start by reading the pidcat Python CLI and how it filters logcat output. Then determine how a dotfile in $HOME should represent global ignore rules for lines such as the dalvik output shown. Done means the CLI consistently hides configured uninteresting lines while retaining other app output.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
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