[mdlug] Difference between ps aux & ps auxw

[Aaron Kulkis]

Paul wrote:
> 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)
> 

Try running the "screen" command, which creates virtual screens on an
ASCII terminal (or even a gui xterm or konsole or what-have-you)

screen was established technology in BSD land as early as 1986, if
not earlier.



> Paul
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