Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:03:07 GMT From: brian@FreeBSD.org To: rivanr@gmail.com, brian@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/137647: ps(1) output depends on terminals column width when piping or redirecting Message-ID: <200908250803.n7P8373T068548@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: ps(1) output depends on terminals column width when piping or redirecting State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: brian State-Changed-When: Tue Aug 25 07:56:45 UTC 2009 State-Changed-Why: I agree with Michael. ps(1) checks stdout, stderr then stdin to see if it's a tty, and if none are will set the width to 79. Scripts should either use pgrep or pkill, or else use ps -ww and also possibly -o comm or -o command. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=137647
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