On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 08:34:31PM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 09:27:21PM +0200, Michal Mazurek wrote: > > > > Don't place a space after the minus sign. Change from this: > > width in columns. Otherwise, ps defaults to the terminal width > > - 1, or 79 columns if none of stdout, stderr and stdin are a > > To this: > > width in columns. Otherwise, ps defaults to the terminal width > > -1, or 79 columns if none of stdout, stderr and stdin are a > > > > i think it's correct as it is. you write 10 minus 7 as 10 - 7, not 10 -7, > right?
That's right, but the problem is an unfortunate line break in the rendered page: COLUMNS If set to a positive integer, output is formatted to the given width in columns. Otherwise, ps defaults to the terminal width − 1, or 79 columns if none of stdout, stderr and stdin are a terminal. I would suggest to just spell out '-' as minus. > > jmc > > > Index: bin/ps/ps.1 > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/ps/ps.1,v > > retrieving revision 1.109 > > diff -u -p -r1.109 ps.1 > > --- bin/ps/ps.1 23 Sep 2016 06:28:08 -0000 1.109 > > +++ bin/ps/ps.1 6 Oct 2016 19:24:51 -0000 > > @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ If set to a positive integer, > > output is formatted to the given width in columns. > > Otherwise, > > .Nm > > -defaults to the terminal width \(mi 1, > > +defaults to the terminal width \(mi1, > > or 79 columns if none of > > .Dv stdout , > > .Dv stderr > > > > -- > > Michal Mazurek > > >