With "ps -A" the output uses the "stat.comm" field, but "ps a" will display the value in "cmdline". Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- man5/proc.5 | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 65a4c38e3..115c8592e 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -2087,7 +2087,11 @@ The affected fields are indicated with the marking [PT]. The process ID. .TP (2) \fIcomm\fP \ %s -The filename of the executable, in parentheses. +The filename of the executable, in parentheses. Tools such as +.BR ps (1) +may alternatively (or additionally) use +.IR /proc/ pid /cmdline. +.IP Strings longer than .B TASK_COMM_LEN (16) characters (including the terminating null byte) are silently truncated. -- 2.39.0.1106.gf45ba805d1a
