From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 16 23: 5:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15A4537B40B for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 23:05:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parv@worldnet.att.net) Received: from worldnet.att.net ([32.100.199.202]) by mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20010817060514.LGWQ15499.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@worldnet.att.net>; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 06:05:14 +0000 Received: by worldnet.att.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E348250F46; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 02:05:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 02:05:14 -0400 From: parv To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: f-q Subject: Re: ps & terminal width sensitivity inside a script Message-ID: <20010817020514.B25092@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, f-q References: <20010816192605.A4991@moo.holy.cow> <20010816185901.L4232@blossom.cjclark.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010816185901.L4232@blossom.cjclark.org>; from cristjc@earthlink.net on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 06:59:01PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG this was, on the fateful occasion around Aug 16 21:59 -0400, sent by Crist J. Clark > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 07:26:05PM -0400, parv wrote: > > why is ps sensitive to terminal width even when used inside a shell > > script? > > Just 'cause. what a dissapointment! i was expecting little more resonable reasons(s). > Use the 'ww' option to diable trimming to fit the > terminal. that's the reason i asked after i realized that output was being truncated, dear crist. -- so, do you like word games or scrabble? - parv To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message