[ale] Line truncation in a terminal....

[Geoffrey]

John Wells wrote:
> Cool.  Thanks.  Wonder why when you run ps and just send results to
> stdout, the -w behavior is default.  However, when you pipe through to
> grep, you have to specify the -w to get the same output.

I don't find that it is.  Here's an example:

ps -ef (I'm displaying just one line of the actual output for comparisions):

esoteric  6314  6308 99 Oct01 ?        17:03:09 /usr/local/bin/motion -c 
50000 -

ps -ef|grep motion

esoteric  6314  6308 99 Oct01 ?        17:03:09 /usr/local/bin/motion -c 
50000 -

ps -efw |grep motion

esoteric  6314  6308 99 Oct01 ?        17:04:34 /usr/local/bin/motion -c 
50000 -i Composite1 -q 100 -t /home/esoteric/watch -n ntsc

> 
> Interesting.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> Geoffrey said:
> 
>>You didn't use the google site search? :)  I think there was a
>>discussion on the list recently regarding the '-w' option to ps.
>>
>>John Wells wrote:
>>
>>>If I do a "ps -ef", the lines returned span the entire width of my
>>>current terminal.
>>>
>>>However, if I do a "ps -ef | grep something", the resulting lines
>>>truncate at around 63 characters.
>>>
>>>Another problem is that, in the first case, if the line goes beyond
>>>what my terminal can display, it *doesn't* wrap....I just can't see
>>>those lines.
>>>
>>>What explains the difference in behavior here, and what can I change
>>>to control it?  I'm assuming it's based on TERM setting, but would
>>>like some more info...
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks as always,
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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