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

[Brian J. Dowd]

try ps -elf (the l is for "long")
-Brian

John Wells wrote:

>If I do a "ps -ef", the lines returned span the entire width of my current
>terminal.
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>However, if I do a "ps -ef | grep something", the resulting lines truncate
>at around 63 characters.
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>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.
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>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...
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>Thanks as always,
>
>John
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