Hi All


I've got the following nifty ps command:

ps -eo pid,args,etime --sort start_time


The thing is it doesn't output the command very wide, for instance:


Is there a way I can get the second column a bit wider? As in much wider?


Thanks!

How about piping it through sed and inserting TABs after the second column? I'm not a sed guru and I'm not sitting at my linux box, but you may find useful tips on the sed manpage.

You could also swap the columns to get wider output. For example:
If that's not enough, force it to be wider with:

Yep, that did it!

Thanks buddy

For the record, you could also pipe it through awk using its printf command, or printf itself. I lean toward awk because I learned it 1st, but the original printf may be easier for someone not familiar w/ either. In any case, expect to do some time RTFM'ing or in the case of awk, inside the <expletive deleted> info system.

A hint: entering "##gawk" in the Konqueror address bar will give its info pages translated to HTML, & w/ many clickable links -- makes info almost palatable.

The entire thing is available here: http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html
as "The GNU Awk User's Guide", in one looong web page. The advantage of 1 page is searchability, the downside is bandwidth use.