Subj : Re: Incredibly bloated 'lsmod'
To   : comp.os.linux
From : nobody
Date : Sun Aug 29 2004 07:52 pm

Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE@YOURthirdtower.imagination.com> spewed this
unto the Network:
> nobody@nowhere.nonet enlightened us with:
> You might want to read the manual page:

>    lsmod  is  a  trivial  program which nicely formats the contents of
>    the /proc/modules, showing what kernel modules are currently
>    loaded.

You might want to try running 'lsmod' followed by 'cat /proc/modules'.
The output is EXACTLY the same, except for the top line. The output
of the shell script I posted is indistinguishable from the output
of the 'lsmod' binary.

'lsmod' really IS a trivial program.

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