On Mar 12, 2011 11:03 AM, "Lisi" <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Saturday 12 March 2011 15:12:54 Camaleón wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:48:11 +0000, Lisi wrote: > > > In an /etc/services file, why are some port/protocol entries inset more > > > than others? > > > > (...) > > > > "man services" will give you additional information about the format of > > that file. Both, spaces and tabs can be used as field separators. > > > > sm01@stt008:~$ grep -e sgi -e vbox /etc/services > > sgi-cmsd 17001/udp # Cluster membership services daemon > > sgi-crsd 17002/udp > > sgi-gcd 17003/udp # SGI Group membership daemon > > sgi-cad 17004/tcp # Cluster Admin daemon > > vboxd 20012/tcp # voice box system > > vboxd 20012/udp > > > > Beyond that, like in the above example, are just aesthetic issues, I'd say > > (the first line uses two tabs instead three). > > > Thanks, both of you. I can obviously stop worrying about it. >
IIRC, iana maintains that list. There might be something on their web site about the formatting.