/usr/ucb/ps - what do the options mean?

Guy Fullalove

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May 12, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/12/00

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Solaris 2.6

I am trying to get ps to display the full command running (including all
parameters). I gave up with the standard ps as this limits the display to
80 characters. I then discovered the version in /usr/ucb. This seems to
provide more details, but I am unable to find information on what each of
the options do (i.e. aceglnrSuUvwx [ -t term ] [num ]). Can anyone help me,
or point me to the appropriate documentation?

Thanks

Guy Fullalove
(guy.fu...@which.net)

Barry Margolin

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May 12, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/12/00

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In article <1SYS4.28$yY3....@news11-gui.server.ntli.net>,

The documentation of commands in /usr/ucb are generally in section 1B of
the manual, so: man -s1b ps

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Kenneth C Stahl

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May 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/15/00

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Barry Margolin wrote:
>
> In article <1SYS4.28$yY3....@news11-gui.server.ntli.net>,
> Guy Fullalove <nos...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> >Solaris 2.6
> >
> >I am trying to get ps to display the full command running (including all
> >parameters). I gave up with the standard ps as this limits the display to
> >80 characters. I then discovered the version in /usr/ucb. This seems to
> >provide more details, but I am unable to find information on what each of
> >the options do (i.e. aceglnrSuUvwx [ -t term ] [num ]). Can anyone help me,
> >or point me to the appropriate documentation?
>
> The documentation of commands in /usr/ucb are generally in section 1B of
> the manual, so: man -s1b ps

That is one thing about Solaris that I don't like. I used to work with a
NCR UNIX SVR4 and when the man command was issued it would find both the
SVR4 and the UCB version of commands and display them sequentially -
made it a whole lot easier to see the UCB versions.

Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer

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Kenneth C Stahl <Blu...@Unforgettable.com> writes:

>That is one thing about Solaris that I don't like. I used to work with a
>NCR UNIX SVR4 and when the man command was issued it would find both the
>SVR4 and the UCB version of commands and display them sequentially -
>made it a whole lot easier to see the UCB versions.

Try "man -a"; i will show all of them.

Casper
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Hugh McIntyre

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In article <391FF9A2...@Unforgettable.com>, Kenneth C Stahl <Blu...@Unforgettable.com> writes:
|>
|> That is one thing about Solaris that I don't like. I used to work with a
|> NCR UNIX SVR4 and when the man command was issued it would find both the
|> SVR4 and the UCB version of commands and display them sequentially -
|> made it a whole lot easier to see the UCB versions.

Solaris can do this as well:

% man -a ps

Hugh.