Linux - Powershell 7 - linux commands should not truncate results by default

Steps to reproduce

Run a command that will need to word wrap in your terminal:

ps aux

Expected behavior

should not truncate the commands, just like if you ran it in normal linux terminal emulator

ndipiaz+ 2473076 22.5  6.2 96664472 4094576 ?    Sl   11:48  52:03 /home/ndipiazza/Downloads/idea-IC-191.8026.42/jre64/bin/java -classpath /home/ndipiazza/Downloads/idea-IC-191.8026.42/lib/bootstrap.jar:/home/ndipiazza/Downloads/idea-IC-191.8026.42/lib/extensions.jar:/home/ndipiazza/Downloads/idea-IC-191.8026.42/lib/util.jar:/home/ndipiazza/Downloads/idea-IC-191.8026.42/lib/jdom.jar:/home/ndipiazza/Downloads/idea-IC-191.8026.42/lib/log4j.jar:/home/ndipiazza/Downloads/idea-IC-191.8026.42/lib/trove4j.jar:/home/ndipiazza/Downloads/idea-IC-191.8026.42/lib/jna.jar:/home/ndipiazza/Downloads/idea-IC-191.8026.42/jre64/lib/tools.jar -Xms128m -Xmx4750m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=240m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=50 -ea -XX:CICompilerCount=2 -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=false -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Djdk.http.auth.tunneling.disabledSchemes="" -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd -Dsun.java2d.renderer=sun.java2d.marlin.MarlinRenderingEngine -Dsun.tools.attach.tmp.only=true -XX:ErrorFile=/home/ndipiazza/java_error_in_IDEA_%p.log -XX:HeapDumpPath=/home/ndipiazza/java_error_in_IDEA.hprof -Didea.paths.selector=IdeaIC2019.1 -Djb.vmOptionsFile=/home/ndipiazza/.IdeaIC2019.1/config/idea64.vmoptions -Didea.platform.prefix=Idea -Didea.jre.check=true com.intellij.idea.Main

Actual behavior

it truncated things:

ndipiaz+ 2473418  0.1  0.3 4113528 217760 ?      Sl   11:50   0:16 /home/ndipiazza/Downloads/idea-IC-191.8026.42/jre64/bin/java -Djava.awt.headless=true -Didea.version==2019.1.4 -Xmx76

This is not what a linux terminal user sees by default when using other shells. It should default to the same as any other linux terminal in this respect. This makes it harder to transition to using powershell as your main shell.

Environment data

Ubuntu + Gnome 20.04.1

Same thing happens on xterm, terminal emulator, and terminator.

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.0.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.0.3
OS                             Linux 5.4.0-42-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 00:24:02 UTC 2020
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1.10032.0, 6.0.0, 6.1.0, 6.2.0, 7.0.3}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

[DHowett]

It was my understanding that ps outputs truncated text to the terminal (assuming that it can measure the width. It may not be able to during output redirection.) unless you pass w or ww. This reproduces for me on every shell on every terminal emulator I’ve used.

There may be an environment variable controlling ps’s default behavior that you’re not setting in PowerShell?

[nddipiazza]

yep - closing. thanks for the assist!