[Gllug] Pipes truncating STDOUT to 80 chars

[Tethys]

Rhys Hopkins writes:

>> 	COLUMNS=1000 ps -ef | grep httpd
>
>I have tried this previously, to no effect.

Strange. Works fine for me on RH7.3.

>> Grepping the process table is an unreliable method for 
>> finding out pretty much anything,
>
>EEEEK! why didn't someone tell me this earlier! I have based my entire
>career on this very technique.

:-)

Yes, most of the time you'll get away with it, but that doesn't mean it's
the right way to go about things...

Tet

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