[mdlug] Difference between ps aux & ps auxw

[Mat Enders]

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com>wrote:

> Piping obscures the feature of 'w', which is to display more width.
>
> As a sample, compare the output of these three commands:
>
> COLUMNS=10 ps aux
> COLUMNS=10 ps auxw
> COLUMNS=10 ps auxww
>
> Regards,
> - Robert


Without the limiting predecessor the first two commands return the same
thing.  There is no functional difference until you add the second w.


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