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Old 06-23-2010
Show the entire line using ps
Using the vanilla
Code:
ps -ef

I noticed that the CMD (or command) line gets cut off after 90 characters
Code:
 UID   PID  PPID   C    STIME TTY         TIME CMD
root  6020  3822   0   Jun 19 ?           0:01 ./webservd-wdog -r /export/opt/sows/61sp4 -d /export/opt/sows/61sp4/https-logse

Googling suggested i try this but it fails:
Code:
ps -elf --width 500 | grep java
"ps: illegal option -- width"

How can I prevent CMD from being cut off?
I'm on SunOS 5.10!!
Last edited by Scott; 06-23-2010 at 11:42 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 06-23-2010
You might try setting the COLUMNS variable to something large.

Code:
COLUMNS=65535 ps ...

And if that doesn't work, a slightly uglier way is to just redirect it to something. Most implementations of ps only truncate the line when writing to a terminal.

Code:
ps ... | cat
ps ... > /tmp/tmpfile

# 3  
Old 06-23-2010
Tried all threeSmilie didnt work!!

Code:
COLUMNS=65535 ps -ef | grep java

and
Code:
ps -ef | grep java > out.txt

and
Code:
ps -ef | cat

UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 6020 3822 0 Jun 19 ? 0:01 ./webservd-wdog -r /export/opt/sows/61sp4 -d /export/opt/sows/61sp4/https-logse
# 4  
Old 06-23-2010
Found a link tha suggests an alternate command, /usr/ucb/ps -ww ...
This User Gave Thanks to Corona688 For This Post:
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# 5  
Old 06-23-2010
Corona : Muchas Gracias!! That did it!!!
Specifically the following:

Code:
/usr/ucb/ps -auxw

will display the ENTIRE process command line without truncating anything!!!
 
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