provide a parameter to suppress printing a new line at the end of the…

… bytes (#1930) provide a parameter to suppress printing a new line at the end of the bytes. existing behavior is not changed.
iovisor · Aug 15, 2018 · 49d475f · 49d475f
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diff --git a/src/python/bcc/utils.py b/src/python/bcc/utils.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def detect_language(candidates, pid):
 
 FILESYSTEMENCODING = sys.getfilesystemencoding()
 
-def printb(s, file=sys.stdout):
+def printb(s, file=sys.stdout, nl=1):
  """
  printb(s)
 
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ def printb(s, file=sys.stdout):
  buf = file.buffer if hasattr(file, "buffer") else file
 
  buf.write(s)
- buf.write(b"\n")
+ if nl:
+ buf.write(b"\n")
  file.flush()
 
 class ArgString(object):