Bruce Momjian wrote: > Gregory Stark wrote: > I don't see that behavior here on Ubuntu 7.10: > > $ COLUMNNS=120 ls -C |cat > archive cd initrd lost+found proc srv usr > basement.usr dev initrd.img media root sys var > bin etc laptop mnt rtmp tmp vmlinuz > boot home lib opt sbin u win > $ ls --version > ls (GNU coreutils) 5.97 > > That is not a 120 width. 'ls' seems to ignore columns for pipe output.
Oops, Alvaro pointed out I typo'ed the variable name COLUMNS as COLUMNNS. I see now that 'ls -C' does honor columns. See my later posting about '\pset wrapped 0' as a special case where we could honor the ioctl/COLUMNS case. My real confusion is this: $ echo $COLUMNS 146 $ ls -C|less archive cd initrd lost+found proc srv usr basement.usr dev initrd.img media root sys var bin etc laptop mnt rtmp tmp vmlinuz boot home lib opt sbin u win $ COLUMNS=120 ls -C|less archive bin cd etc initrd laptop lost+found mnt proc rtmp srv tmp usr vmlinuz basement.usr boot dev home initrd.img lib media opt root sbin sys u var win Why does the first 'ls' not honor columns while the second does? How does 'ls' detect that the COLUMNS=120 is somehow different from the default COLUMNS value? -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers