Re: Problem with ps output

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam trinity edu>]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 01:13:34AM -0600, Sven Vermeulen wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 11:32:12PM -0500, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> > When I run ps I can't get ps to give me the entire name of a program which
> 
> > exceeds some length. e.g.;
> > 
> >  8368 pts/1    00:00:00 cat
> > 15742 ?        00:00:12 emacs
> > 15743 ?        00:00:00 emacsserver
> > 15749 ?        00:00:04 netscape-naviga
> > 15781 ?        00:00:00 netscape-naviga
> > 
> > I need to see the entire netscape-navigator and I'm stopping at naviga 
> > instead. I tried -w with no joy.
> 
> Try with the "-x" argument, or "ps -aux" or "ps -auwx"... just fiddle a bit
> with the possible options...
> 
> Wkr,
> 	Sven Vermeulen
> 
> -- 
> "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you.
>  Then you win." ~(Mohandas K. Ghandi)

Or use --columns option. (e.g. ps --columns 256 ....)

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