@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ def is_data_line(line):

 def parse_line(line):

-    m = re.search('(\d\d:\d\d:\d\d \w\w)(\s+((\S+)\s*)+)', line)

+    m = re.search('(\d\d:\d\d:\d\d( \w\w)?)(\s+((\S+)\s*)+)', line)

     if m:

         date = m.group(1)

-        data = m.group(2).rstrip()

+        data = m.group(3).rstrip()

         return date, data

     else:

         return None, None

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ header = ""

 data_line = ""

 printed_header = False

 current_ts = None

+

+# print out the first sysstat line regardless

+print process.stdout.readline()

+

 while True:

     nextline = process.stdout.readline()

     if nextline == '' and process.poll() is not None: