When iostat is addressing long named device an extra line appears on the output

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The annoying newline of the iostat command.

    Device:            tps   Blk_read/s   Blk_wrtn/s   Blk_read   Blk_wrtn
     sda               4.57        29.78       333.63    2310259   25879032
     longnamediskdevice
                      43.92        27.36       333.62    2122034   25878584

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5

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