Bug#4952: procps thinks the line is longer than it is.
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Package: procps
Version: 1.09-0
ps -auxww seems to think that the line is much longer than it really
is. Here's example output of ps -auxww on one of my systems on a 132
column screen using procps_1.09-0:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT START TIME COMMAND
gerbil 533 0.0 0.0 1448 0 3 SW Oct 24 2.58s zsh
nobody 9722 0.0 2.4 1252 368 ? S 23:05 1.32s /web/httpd/httpd
nobody 10956 0.0 2.9 1232 432 ? S 23:49 1.39s /web/httpd/httpd
nobody 10957 0.0 2.5 1248 376 ? S 23:49 1.41s /web/httpd/httpd
nobody 12596 0.0 3.2 1240 484 ? S 02:27 0.24s /web/httpd/httpd
Here is the same output on the same 132 column screen with procps_0.99-3:
USER PID %CPU %MEM SIZE RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
gerbil 533 0.0 0.0 1448 0 3 SW Oct 24 0:02 (zsh)
nobody 9722 0.0 3.6 1252 532 ? S 23:05 0:01 /web/httpd/httpd
nobody 10957 0.0 3.6 1248 536 ? S 23:49 0:01 /web/httpd/httpd
nobody 12596 0.0 4.0 1252 600 ? S 02:27 0:00 /web/httpd/httpd
nobody 12603 0.0 4.2 1252 632 ? S 02:27 0:00 /web/httpd/httpd
I know that it says the following in the manpage:
w wide output: don't truncate command lines to fit on one line. To
be exact, every w that is specified will add another possible line
to the output. If the space isn't needed it isn't used. You may up
But 1) it says if the space isn't needed, it isn't used and 2) the
manpage didn't change between 0.99-3 and 1.09-0 but the behaviour did.
I *much* prefer the old behaviour.
Darren
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