When using ps with a user-defined format, how do I get a column with unlimited width?
I'm using ps with the user-defined format as shown below:
$ ps ax -o pid,args,psr,pcpu | grep python
2236 /usr/bin/python2.7 -u /home 2 0.0
2452 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/un 2 0.0
2480 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ub 0 0.7
2501 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/un 2 0.0
4129 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/up 0 0.1
4792 grep --color=auto python 0 0.0
20665 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/sy 0 0.0
27022 python 0 0.0
I specifically want to have an unlimited width for args. I know that I can provided a set width like this:
$ ps axww -o pid,args:100,psr,pcpu | grep python
2236 /usr/bin/python2.7 -u /home/joshua/Applications/eclipse-classic-4.2/plugins/org.python.pydev_2.7.3.2 2 0.0
2452 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/unity-lens-video/unity-lens-video 2 0.0
2480 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubuntuone-client/ubuntuone-syncdaemon 3 0.7
2501 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/unity-scope-video-remote/unity-scope-video-remote 2 0.0
4129 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/update-manager --no-focus-on-map 2 0.1
4905 grep --color=auto python 2 0.0
20665 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/system-service/system-service-d 0 0.0 27022 python 0 0.0
I've tried using the ww option for unlimited width, but it does not work. Here's the command I used when trying ww:
$ ps axww -o pid,args,psr,pcpu | grep python
Make the variable-length column, args
, the last column.
$ ps axww -o pid,psr,pcpu,args | grep python