text wrapping console type size etc

2010-11-09 Thread David Southwell
Hi How can one control output to the console. Using a console window on an X windows system with kde4 I find the output limited to a line of 179 chars which can be really inconvenient. Even when, for example: # ps -aux myfile any chars beyond an apparent column limit of 179 are dropped and not

Re: text wrapping console type size etc

2010-11-09 Thread Frank Solensky
While most commands will give full output, ps, by default, truncates output to the display window's width. Adding -ww to the options gives the entire line without truncation. On Nov 9, 2010, at 6:54 AM, David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: Hi How can one control output to the