fix: prevent ps command truncation hiding Claude sessions#28
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macOS ps truncates the command column to terminal width by default, which caused cmd_has_binary to miss 'claude' when the actual argv was 'node /long/path/.../cli.js'. As a result, live Claude Code sessions were incorrectly marked as dead and hidden from the UI.
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Summary
pstruncates thecommandcolumn to terminal width by default. When Claude Code is launched asnode /long/path/.../cli.js, the truncated output drops theclaudetoken, socmd_has_binaryreturns false and the session is treated as dead.-wwto disable truncation. Column layout is unchanged, so existing parsing is unaffected.Reported on Reddit: user had a live Claude session (PID 17786, session file present) but only Codex usage was showing in abtop.
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