Output from ps command

[Donald Osbourne]

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

[A. Clay Stephenson]

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.

[James R. Ferguson]

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...

[S.K. Chan]

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).

[Wodisch_1]

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