ps -ef display restrction

[James Hunt]

I currently have two processes running that look identical when I do a ps -ef . They have very long process names with the only difference being right at the end of the string - beyond the length of the display. Consequently I'm having difficulty deciding which is which. I get around it by trying to 'grab' the processID when starting the process but I would like to be able to tell which is which from the ps -ef. Any ideas?

[Pete Randall]

James,

Recent versions (11.x) give you the -x option to ps. From the man page:

"-x Shows the command line in extended format."


Have you tried that yet?


Pete

[Massimo Bianchi]

try

UNIX95= ps -e -o comm,args,pid

look at the space between UNIX95 and ps !!

Massimo

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi James:


If you are running 11.11 or a patched version of 11.0 add the '-x' option:

# ps -efx

For 11.0, PHCO_26274, PHKL_29434 & PHKL_26008 add the '-x' option to 'ps' and enable the 'pstat(2)' interface to handle the kernel's extended storage (up to 1020 characters).

Regards!

...JRF...

[James Hunt]

It looks like I'll need to patch my HPUX11.0 and add the '-x' option. The 'UNIX95' suggestion just gave me the same output albeit in a different format.
Thanks everyone for your time.

[Scot Bean]

Yep, looks like PHCO_26274 (and its dependencies) deliver this feature on 11.00.

Standard in 11i.

Earliest QPK is Sep02 11.00 QPK.

[Joe Zhou]

what if someone wants to see a command more than 1020 characters? Where to change in the system in order to display more than 1020 chars? There are many java applications with long classpath and jar files, often exceed 1020 char.

Thanks.

-Joe