Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 19:24:09 -0800 From: Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r314685 - head/bin/ps Message-ID: <CAG6CVpWm-t%2Bsx_NCDtN=gDUL_rW0dQFcrFqLnWUUNEaA7y5LHA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20170305115437.R1556@besplex.bde.org> References: <201703042238.v24McAD8008837@repo.freebsd.org> <20170305115437.R1556@besplex.bde.org>
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On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> Author: cem >> Date: Sat Mar 4 22:38:10 2017 >> New Revision: 314685 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/314685 >> >> Log: >> ps(1): Only detect terminal width if stdout is a tty >> >> If stdout isn't a tty, use unlimited width output rather than truncating >> to >> 79 characters. This is helpful for shell scripts or e.g., 'ps | grep >> foo'. > > This breaks many interactive uses, e.g., 'ps l | less', to work around a > user error. Hi Bruce, Can you illustrate what breaks here? less(1) doesn't wrap lines and instead supports side-to-side scrolling with left/right arrow keys. The user should get basically the same output with 'ps l | less' as with 'ps l', aside from ability to scroll up/down and left/right. Thanks, Conrad
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