cron 80 characters limit

MartinF · #1 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

Hello everyone.
I am trying to set up a monitor based on a "top" command statistic as follows:
top -bc -n1 > output.txt

I've put this command into a small script which is called by a cron... but there is something strange happening: the cron is limiting the output to output.txt to 80 characters.
If I call this script from a standart command line, evenrything is fine, no wrapping is occuring.
I'm using a HP-UX shell.
I red somewhere on internet that it could be a case of wrong editor - but that's not my case.

Could please advice?
Thank you.

Martin

vbe · #2 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

For a start

Code:

ra:/home/vbe $ top -bc -n1 > output.txt 
top: illegal option -- b
Usage:  top [-u] [-q] [-dx] [-sx] [-n number] [-f filename]
ra:/home/vbe $ uname -r
B.11.00

...
What do you call an HP-UX shell?

Did you look at the man pages of top?
(there is a great option: -f filename... etc...)

---------- Post updated at 17:53 ---------- Previous update was at 17:49 ----------

Code:

ran:/home/vbe $  top -bc -n1 > output.txt
top: illegal option -- b
Usage:  top [-u] [-q] [-P] [-dx] [-sx] [-p pset_id] [-n number] [-f filename]
ran:/home/vbe $ uname -r
B.11.11

Please specify which version of OS you are using for it does help us looking at your issue ( in the present case I have no 11.23 or above to chek at the moment...) the code you gave does not work on 11.00 or 11.11...

methyl · #3 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

To endorse "vbe" the command options stated aren't valid with the "normal" version of "top" on HP-UX 11.11. The "-n" switch for example is for items per page not iterations.

MartinF · #4 (**permalink**) 3 Weeks Ago

Hello guys, sorry, wrong post

The machine is a Linux.
I hope I can find a solution on my own on internet.
Thank you...

---------- Post updated at 11:18 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:22 AM ----------

Hi, just to inform you: the solution was adding EXPORT COLUMNS=250 to the script.
I found the solution under another HP-UX formu, so I don't think it was a case of environment, rather something else.
Have a nice day!
Martin

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