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  • This work for me. Can you provide some output? Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 4:29
  • where is the dynamic part? You want a different length for certain conditions? It seems like you want to limit all output to one maximum length Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 4:29
  • @awk_FTW Depending on the situation, I have different window settings. At fullscreen, my width is 167. But at other sizes, I will need to be smaller. That's why I want to call ssty to get the size. Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 4:34
  • Try tput rmam; ps aux Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 5:53
  • Some shells like zsh, ksh93 or bash store the terminal width in $COLUMNS Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 5:56