Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 14:20:16 +0200 From: Bastien Semene <bsemene@cyanide-studio.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Number of columns when redirecting ps command stdout to a file Message-ID: <4BE40580.80306@cyanide-studio.com> In-Reply-To: <26a016017cc9651627e1f3572b1376bf.squirrel@smtp.pknet.net> References: <4BE3E2FF.5000803@cyanide-studio.com> <26a016017cc9651627e1f3572b1376bf.squirrel@smtp.pknet.net>
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Thanks, I didn't think it is a program limitation, probably because of old terminals limitations. Le 07/05/2010 12:16, Peter a écrit : >> Hi list, >> >> I wish to log the 'ps' command output in a file through a cron job. >> If I execute the command on the console, the result lines are truncated >> depending on the number of columns of the client console, what is fine. >> >> But when the command is executed by cron and redirected to a file, >> there's a maximum of 80 char columns. Where is set this limitation ? How >> can I remove it ? >> >> Thanks for your help, and sorry if it is a newbie question but I really >> can't figure out what is limiting the output. >> >> -- >> Bastien Semene >> >> >> > 'w' or 'ww' options to ps; > > ps auxww -> Displays the full command, wraps if the console is too short. > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Bastien Semene Administrateur Réseau& Système Cyanide Studio - FRANCE
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