Ahh, yes the --width parameter works fine, thanks a lot. Coming from the Unix world, this has never been an issue on our AIX, Solaris, or Tru64 boxes. -----Original Message----- From: Bret Hughes [mailto:bhughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 9:50 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Redhat 8 xterm 80 character issue On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 08:14, Galecki, Jason wrote: > I have 2 Redhat 8 boxes that use xterm as default terminal. I can not type > more than an 80 character line across. I can not grep for a process that may > have more than 80 characters in it. I also have issues of going from the > Redhat 8 box to an AIX server and using smitty, it doesn't allow the use of > arrows keys to move in smitty. This problem does not occur in Redhat 9, or > Redhat 7.3. Does anyone know what can cause this issue? How can I modify the > terminal to correct this? The TERM is definitely xterm. I have 2 boxes that > act this same way. I was thinking maybe this is common in Redhat8, but I > guess it may be just my boxes. I have tried setting the TERM to vt100, vt220 > xterm-r5, and a few things. > > Jason G. If I understand what you are wanting to do is do a ps |grep something the problem is not your term but ps add a w to the options for every 80 chars (actually it is probably term width ) you want added to the ps output I can't help on the SMIT stuff but it seems that you are on the right path by trying to find term settings on the AIX box. Out of curiosity what shell are you using on the AIX box? Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
