topic Re: Output from ps command in Operating System - HP-UX

Output from ps command

Donald Osbourne — Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:26:24 GMT

How do I prevent truncation of the COMMAND field when using the ps -ef command.

Apparently there is a limit on the width of the output fields, since lengthy process names are generally printed in a truncated format. Can this me modified?

Thank You
Don Osbourne

Re: Output from ps command

A. Clay Stephenson — Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:29:05 GMT

The short answer is no; you gets what you gets and that's all that you gets. That is all that is available to the kernel.

Re: Output from ps command

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:30:59 GMT

Hi Donald:

The kernel keeps only a finite amount of the command line, and hence you are "stuck" with what you can see.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Output from ps command

S.K. Chan — Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:32:52 GMT

Unless you're running HP-UX 11i, I don't think this behavior can be changed. On 11.i if you use "-x" option in the "ps" command it'll display up to 1024 chars in the command field vs the usual 64 chars. Do "man ps" for details (on an 11.i system of course).

Re: Output from ps command

Wodisch_1 — Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:20:32 GMT

Hi Donald,

AFAIK there is a new(er) patch out permitting you to show more than the standard up-to-64 characters of the command-line.
IIRC then it is PHCO_26274, so go to the ITRC main page, and from there click on "individual patches", then select "HP-UX", enter "ps(1)" as search string and check "exact phrase".

HTH,
Wodisch