"ps -efx" answer length

[Rodrigo Allende]

MACHINE: HP BL860c;
OS: HP-UX B.11.31;
PROBLEM: whenever I issue a "ps -efx|grep java" trying to find a process, I get an incomplete answer.

EX (I will short comm name for this example):
entire answer should be...
"bus 7580 1 0 Nov24 java -cp
/home/bus/ISM_PROD/iway55sm/lib/AbsoluteLayout.jar:/home/bus/ISM_PROD/iway55sm/lib/accessMio.jar:/home/bus/ISM_PROD/iway55sm/lib/activation.jar:/home/bus/ISM_PROD/iway55sm/lib/classes12.jar -DIWAY55=/home/bus/ISM_PROD/iway55sm com.ibi.service.edaqmSilentService -config base"

though I only see...
"bus 7580 1 0 Nov24 java -cp
/home/bus/ISM_PROD/iway55sm/lib/AbsoluteLayout.jar:/home/bus/ISM_PROD/iway55sm/lib/accessMio.jar:/home/bus/ISM_PRO"

I tried almost everything like ps command line options like -x or -o, even setting “DEFAULT_CMD_LINE_WIDTH=2010” and “PS_CMD_BASENAME=255” on /etc/default/ps, though nothing works.
Would anyone please help me with this?
Thanks a lot for any reply.

[Steven Schweda]

> I tried almost everything like ps command
> line options like -x or -o, even setting
> [...]

As usual, I'd rather see what's in the file
than what you say is in the file.

On my system, "man ps" says things like:

[...]
The default length of the COMMAND field is 128 (including the null
terminator). This can be configured by setting
DEFAULT_CMD_LINE_WIDTH=value in the /etc/default/ps file. The value
of DEFAULT_CMD_LINE_WIDTH should be between 64 and 1020. However,
when the comm column is displayed, by default, the length of the
COMMAND field will be 14 characters. If the environment variable
PS_CMD_BASENAME is defined, then the length of the COMMAND field will
be between 64 and 255 characters.
[...]

> [...] "DEFAULT_CMD_LINE_WIDTH=2010" [...]

"2010" does not seem to me to be "between 64
and 1020."

[Rodrigo Allende]

Dear Steve.
Actually "2010" was a typo, I actually meant "1020":
"DEFAULT_CMD_LINE_WIDTH=1020".

Would you have any suggestion?
Thanks and regards.

[Dennis Handly]

I have no problems getting about 1020 chars with ps -x.

[Roland van Lochem]

Hi,

perhaps your terminal-emulator has auto wrap off?

Regards,
Roland

[Mike Miller_8]

Try dumping the output to a file.