Make ps follow new standard

common.go

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ package jsh
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 )
 
-type JshOutput struct {
+type JshFrame struct {
 	StdOut interface{}
 	StdErr interface{}
 }
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ const (
 	TB Unit = 2 ^ 40
 )
 
-// Converts a Jshoutput into a JSON string
+// Converts a JshFrame into a JSON string
-func (j JshOutput) ToJson() *string {
+func (j JshFrame) ToJson() *string {
 	jsonOut, err := json.Marshal(j)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -31,3 +32,25 @@ func (j JshOutput) ToJson() *string {
 	jsonString := string(jsonOut)
 	return &jsonString
 }
+
+// goroutine for outputing frames. Pass it a channel of pointers to JshFrames,
+// and it will send "true" to the done channel once you close the queue channel.
+func OutputFrames(queue chan *JshFrame, done chan bool) {
+	fmt.Printf("[")
+	isFirst := true
+	for {
+		frame, more := <-queue
+		if more {
+			if !isFirst {
+				fmt.Printf(",")
+			} else {
+				isFirst = false
+			}
+			fmt.Printf(*frame.ToJson())
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("]\n")
+			done <- true
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}

free/main.go

@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ func parseLine(line string) (string, jsh.MemStat, error) {
 	return key, jsh.MemStat{val, unit}, nil
 }
 
-func parseMemInfo() jsh.JshOutput {
+func parseMemInfo() jsh.JshFrame {
 	file, err := os.Open("/proc/meminfo")
 	if err != nil {
-		return jsh.JshOutput{[]string{}, []error{err}}
+		return jsh.JshFrame{[]string{}, []error{err}}
 	}
 	defer file.Close()
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func parseMemInfo() jsh.JshOutput {
 		memInfo[key] = val
 	}
 
-	finalOut := jsh.JshOutput{memInfo, errors}
+	finalOut := jsh.JshFrame{memInfo, errors}
 	return finalOut
 }
 

ps/main.go

@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ func PsOutputToProcesses(out string) *[]jsh.Process {
 func runJsonMode() {
 	// Run procps-ng "ps" with full output
 	psOut := string(*jsh.FallbackWithArgs("/usr/bin/ps", []string{"auxww"}))
-
 	processesPtr := PsOutputToProcesses(psOut)
-	finalOut := jsh.JshOutput{*processesPtr, []string{}}
+	frame := jsh.JshFrame{*processesPtr, []string{}}
-	fmt.Printf("%s", *finalOut.ToJson())
+
+	queue := make(chan *jsh.JshFrame)
+	done := make(chan bool)
+	go jsh.OutputFrames(queue, done)
+	queue <- &frame
+	close(queue)
+	<-done
 }
 
 func main() {