[lug] ps command

[charles at lunarmedia.net]

try adding a "w" flag.

-cjm


On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Thurston, Jason wrote:

> Why does the stdout of "ps" get truncated to 80 characters when I pipe or
> redirect it.
>
> example of truncated listing:
> ps -ef | grep csurvey
> csurvey  29502 29500  0 Feb13 ?        00:00:00 /bin/sh -c
> /usr/local/jdk1.2.2/b
> csurvey  29503 29502  0 Feb13 ?        00:00:00
> /usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin/i386/gre
>
> however, if I use:
>
> ps -ef >/tmp/test.txt    #will truncate after the 80 char the output to the
> test.txt file.
>
> ps -ef                         #will not truncate, but can't grep on
> anything after the 80th character.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
>
>
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