>   ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
>       The following environment variables could affect ps:
>
>       COLUMNS              Override default display width
>       LINES                Override default display height
>       PS_PERSONALITY       Set to one of posix,old,linux,bsd,sun,digital
>       CMD_ENV              Set to one of posix,old,linux,bsd,sun,digital
>       I_WANT_A_BROKEN_PS   Force obsolete command line interpretation
>       LC_TIME              Date format
>       PS_FORMAT            Default output format override
>       PS_SYSMAP            Default namelist (System.map) location
>       PS_SYSTEM_MAP        Default namelist (System.map) location
>       POSIXLY_CORRECT      Don't find excuses to ignore bad "features"
>       UNIX95               Don't find excuses to ignore bad "features"
>       _XPG                 Cancel CMD_ENV=irix non-standard behavior
>
>       In general, it is a bad idea to set these variables. The two exceptions
>       are  CMD_ENV  (or PS_PERSONALITY), to set the desired default personal-
>       ity, and POSIXLY_CORRECT (or UNIX95), which should be  set  for  Unix98
>       standard compliance.
>
>       PS_PERSONALITY   Description
>       ()
>            ()
>
>       none             "Do the right thing"
>       aix              like AIX ps
>       bsd              like FreeBSD ps
>       compaq           like Digital Unix ps
>       debian           like the old Debian ps
>       digital          like Digital Unix ps
>       gnu              like the old Debian ps
>       hp               like HP-UX ps
>       hpux             like HP-UX ps
>       irix             like Irix ps
>       linux            deviate from Unix98 for convenience only
>       old              like the original Linux ps
>       posix            standard
>       sco              like SCO ps
>       sgi              like Irix ps
>       sun              like SunOS 4 ps
>       sunos            like SunOS 4 ps
>       sysv             standard
>       unix             standard
>       unix95           standard
>       unix98           standard


"Way overboard", I'd say.

Or is there really much interest in all other output flavors?

The only other option I'm missing is the ability to specify a width for 
all columns.

Casper

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