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From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>
To: Bastien Semene <bsemene@cyanide-studio.com>
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Subject: Re: Number of columns when redirecting ps command stdout to a file
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On Fri 2010-05-07 11:53:03 UTC+0200, Bastien Semene (bsemene@cyanide-studio.com) wrote:

> I wish to log the 'ps' command output in a file through a cron job.
> If I execute the command on the console, the result lines are
> truncated depending on the number of columns of the client console,
> what is fine.
> 
> But when the command is executed by cron and redirected to a file,
> there's a maximum of 80 char columns. Where is set this limitation ?
> How can I remove it ?

>From the ps(1) man page:

"If the -w option is specified more than once, ps will use as many
columns as necessary without regard for your window size."