From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 17 08:20:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D4A816A40F for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:20:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA77743D8B for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:20:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8H8KDUM091993 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:20:13 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k8H8KD6o091992; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:20:13 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:20:13 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200609170820.k8H8KD6o091992@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Evan Clarke Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AE3A16A591 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:12:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF76343D5F for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:12:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k8H8Cf74019320 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:12:41 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k8H8Cfua019319; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:12:41 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200609170812.k8H8Cfua019319@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:12:41 GMT From: Evan Clarke To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Cc: Subject: bin/103320: PATCH Improvement to ps when stdout is not a tty X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:20:16 -0000 >Number: 103320 >Category: bin >Synopsis: PATCH Improvement to ps when stdout is not a tty >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 17 08:20:12 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Evan Clarke >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: None >Environment: FreeBSD localhost.my.domain 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #1: Fri Sep 15 20:28:17 EST 2006 root@localhost.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/JUMPMAN i386 >Description: When the ps output is very wide, it gets truncated when outputting to a tty. That is fair and correct. However, when piping to another process such as grep or less, the truncation still occurs and can lead to problems, especially when grepping for a specific items on a very wide output. This patch will set the termwidth to UNLIMITED when stdout is not a tty. This is equilivant to adding ww to the command line. It should be very low impact, ps w and ps ww (as well as ps outputting to a tty) still behave as expected. Patch to follow in email - using web interface. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: