... -w Use 132 columns to display information, instead of the default which is your window size. If the -w option is specified more than once, ps will use as many columns as necessary without regard for your window size. ... #### open(PS_F, "ps -auwwx | grep inder |") || die "Can't open console\n"; while () { (undef,undef,undef,undef,undef,undef,undef,undef,undef,undef,$comm,$comm1,$comm2) = split; $comm .= ' '.$comm1.' '.$comm2; if($comm =~ m/Theservice.pl /i) { print "Service Already Running\n"; } print $comm, "\n"; } close(PS_F); #### $ perl ps.pl /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder -psn_0_917505 sh -c ps grep inder #### $/ = q#(\w)# ; sub sig { print scalar reverse join ' ', @_ } sig map { s$\$/\$/$\$2\$1$g && $_ } split( ' ', ",erckha rlPe erthnoa stJu" );