Number of columns when redirecting ps command stdout to a file

Bastien Semene bsemene at cyanide-studio.com
Fri May 7 12:20:19 UTC 2010


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.
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