From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Apr 6 14:15:31 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17A34155E5CD for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2019 14:15:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.74]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C8922817F1 for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2019 14:15:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.195.105.233]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue109 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1Mi2Bb-1gi7az0nJp-00e4hg for ; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 15:33:20 +0200 Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 15:33:19 +0200 From: Polytropon To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Column widths FROM / WHAT in w(1) Message-Id: <20190406153319.36f41b8f.freebsd@edvax.de> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:pa+ML6f6DfdsNKoJxZOecSTRp5/HzTCwwnfVPiPXRxGyYX8ipaB RPjhOSDIwrfjozc8u132lFCZ3/s8OQstwKwo+73CLmnvxxbHefRCmSZk7Om8S/zGs+y8ugw yyTAR+SAIQ1DOCevAXnvkBFiz7FaUukDIbqY1jlBw2FKESl7TFjeP7Zz4+1fU/e71Sbw4Wa fgMr3VgyoITyv4P9ZqMBQ== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:Kr4iu78arm4=:RCc45VdTGdlQNiIuKphavp vPPMvuVFooMoamDW5vUkGegA9Tqdw1vPIOPrq9EfQvlSrzE7HEtTbG95TBvMl68m557VX98Js RvVGVfnSYkBLWynrtcj1j5MWGPp7W11hj1e+bEVwpoasnuXlLSIoh2+ycYtyieyQxbfVsVwDj DvbU3Ml2K/4Bet4+8rvlU08RIzR/cDrfskrXhMvdjZ+KAKytPCV7Qb9yp8sNVwmjDviDDw6YF 9t1papAsz3i9FYRmOqgUxGmVmoit7HwPyI7js06m6NkijE/UA2AMGWM7c1pY8QFwzlnZEei9a GHPHByFPENHqigxjSpk3Ws/3NJdREJ7207uTurxjGE6j8oTZgyGEDVwNVhMXG6+ROBgkzbmF+ yTUfS7wESFfhING1Jfnk7rg66AHHKhRYxsvC2KjMkYsRzTKTHqJg3WZG0S5P6jxoxXCyeE6Oa 5veGGGPKrdomfiQUi6oeRVmOU8M0dhKAaPaJli4rBuCrXgKQQDmPTcZmng9p8yz71fzn0WSP6 bD3VBh0VOXFib2Ki3/kL9q+Qt7YOZFwmlSJ4rX6EbCM0PV4Qaz0XVPCSL4MR2eOzUaQxajNYW 7L9nn3OF+KtFluXXNiYTwRifppUNrlLzr6XkEzM4MTKtW1gue2ZeKB7DDSUv+fplEHZE55Pz9 DiR1bdazn4u/k3eJXcHcaEdlvsqlpoqPWuYE751uDvTWZNyAU14Ldtur+155uIVeNU/670fxj /H3I8zzo0HAkKAWzfmeEvpnbHZNee3uifDfY1mw+XJJ8zu3foH3whQ0/9SY= X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: C8922817F1 X-Spamd-Bar: +++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [5.30 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@edvax.de]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mx00.schlund.de,mx01.schlund.de]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:217.72.192.0/20, country:DE]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[233.105.195.92.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.10]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.71)[0.714,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[edvax.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.98)[0.985,0]; IP_SCORE(0.23)[ip: (-0.46), ipnet: 217.72.192.0/20(0.10), asn: 8560(1.54), country: DE(-0.01)]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.98)[0.977,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[74.192.72.217.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 14:15:31 -0000 System: FreeBSD 12.0-p3 i386. I recently discovered that the WHAT column in the output of the "w" command has become unusable, and "man w" does not seem to indicate any user control for the formatting of the columns. The column WHAT now can only show up to 3 (in words: three) characters on a standard 80-column terminal. I will put a ruler on top for illustration: ....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT Things like "xinit" become "xin", and any longer command cannot be easily identified anymore. Columns 79 and 80 aren't used at all. For comparison: On an older system, I get this layout: ....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT This is more than 20 characters for the WHAT field. Any idea on how to get the old layout of w back, instead of increasing the terminal width? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...