[mdlug] Difference between ps aux & ps auxw

[Paul]

Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com>, on Tue  2012.05.15 said:
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Mat Enders <mat.enders at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Without the limiting predecessor the first two commands return the same
> > thing. ??There is no functional difference until you add the second w.
> 
> That suggests you have a wide screen.
> 
> From a bit of experimentation, the rules appear to be these:
> 
> aux : display up to $COLUMNS width
> auxw : display up to $COLUMNS width or 132 character, whichever is larger
> auxww : unlimited display width
> 
	Hi;

	And guess what line printers and seminal terminals like the vt100
had as line lengths back in the day? (I wouldn't put too much weight on
$COLUMNS-- if its not 80 or 132, what happens then is almost undefined)

Paul