Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:20:03 GMT From: Michael Gmelin <freebsdusb@bindone.de> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/137647: ps output depends on terminals column width when piping or redirecting Message-ID: <200908102120.n7ALK37X003832@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/137647; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Michael Gmelin <freebsdusb@bindone.de> To: Ivan Radovanovic <rivanr@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/137647: ps output depends on terminals column width when piping or redirecting Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:49:52 +0200 Try using ps -wwaxj > ps.txt afaik this is the intended behaviour of ps. Ivan Radovanovic wrote: >> Number: 137647 >> Category: misc >> Synopsis: ps output depends on terminals column width when piping or redirecting >> Confidential: no >> Severity: non-critical >> Priority: low >> Responsible: freebsd-bugs >> State: open >> Quarter: >> Keywords: >> Date-Required: >> Class: sw-bug >> Submitter-Id: current-users >> Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 10 20:40:01 UTC 2009 >> Closed-Date: >> Last-Modified: >> Originator: Ivan Radovanovic >> Release: 7.2 >> Organization: >> Environment: > FreeBSD azdaja.softwarehood.com 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #0: Mon Aug 3 17:12:57 CEST 2009 rivan@azdaja.softwarehood.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/Azdaja i386 >> Description: > ps command formats its output according to setting of terminal it is running on even when piped or redirected to a file. This can cause serious confusion when using it in combination with other commands (for example ps -axj | grep opera won't give any output regardless opera browser is running in the example in "how to repeat" section) > >> How-To-Repeat: > open xterm, set its width to 40 columns, do > ps -axj > ps.txt > ps.txt will be 40 columns wide > >> Fix: > use isatty or stat to determine if ps's output is terminal > >> Release-Note: >> Audit-Trail: >> Unformatted: > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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