On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Bruce Evans <b...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> Author: cem >> Date: Sat Mar 4 22:38:10 2017 >> New Revision: 314685 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/314685 >> >> Log: >> ps(1): Only detect terminal width if stdout is a tty >> >> If stdout isn't a tty, use unlimited width output rather than truncating >> to >> 79 characters. This is helpful for shell scripts or e.g., 'ps | grep >> foo'. > > This breaks many interactive uses, e.g., 'ps l | less', to work around a > user error.
Hi Bruce, Can you illustrate what breaks here? less(1) doesn't wrap lines and instead supports side-to-side scrolling with left/right arrow keys. The user should get basically the same output with 'ps l | less' as with 'ps l', aside from ability to scroll up/down and left/right. Thanks, Conrad _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
