From 0849fe24368fdfeb9d18c03b676b8fd5f915e6c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tuomas Tynkkynen <tuomas.tynkkynen@iki.fi>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:08:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ps: Implement --deselect flag

---
 src/uu/ps/src/process_selection.rs |  6 +++++-
 tests/by-util/test_ps.rs           | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/ps/src/process_selection.rs b/src/uu/ps/src/process_selection.rs
index 5fb80ff..c3f37b8 100644
--- a/src/uu/ps/src/process_selection.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ps/src/process_selection.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ pub struct ProcessSelectionSettings {
     pub select_non_session_leaders_with_tty: bool,
     /// - `-d` Select all processes except session leaders.
     pub select_non_session_leaders: bool,
+
+    /// - `--deselect` Negates the selection.
+    pub negate_selection: bool,
 }
 
 impl ProcessSelectionSettings {
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ impl ProcessSelectionSettings {
             select_all: matches.get_flag("A"),
             select_non_session_leaders_with_tty: matches.get_flag("a"),
             select_non_session_leaders: matches.get_flag("d"),
+            negate_selection: matches.get_flag("deselect"),
         }
     }
 
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ impl ProcessSelectionSettings {
 
         let mut selected = vec![];
         for mut process in walk_process() {
-            if matches_criteria(&mut process)? {
+            if matches_criteria(&mut process)? ^ self.negate_selection {
                 selected.push(process);
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ps.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ps.rs
index bc3e41d..e1d5626 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ps.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ps.rs
@@ -179,3 +179,20 @@ fn test_no_headers_flags() {
             .stdout_does_not_match(&regex);
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn test_deselect() {
+    // Inverse of all processes should be empty
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["--deselect", "-A", "--no-headers"])
+        .fails()
+        .code_is(1)
+        .stdout_is("");
+
+    // PID 1 should be present in inverse of default filter criteria
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["--deselect"])
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_matches(&Regex::new("\n *1 ").unwrap());
+}