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

[John Wells]

How strange....I get different outputs each way.  Here's an example (using
rh 8.0 and gnome-terminal with terminal expanded to screen width):

$ ps -ef

jbw       1400     1  0 08:11 ?        00:00:00
/usr/libexec/nautilus-throbber
--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:Nautilus_Throbber_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=18

$ ps -ef | grep nautilus-throbber

jbw       1400     1  0 08:11 ?        00:00:00
/usr/libexec/nautilus-throbber -

$ ps -efw | grep nautilus-throbber

jbw       1400     1  0 08:11 ?        00:00:00
/usr/libexec/nautilus-throbber
--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:Nautilus_Throbber_Factory -


Geoffrey said:
> 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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