According to documentation, dog has an option "-w n" where n is number of columns Using it witout quotes gives the default value of 80 columnes regardless of n using "-w n" (with quotes )gives n columnes. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
the correct syntax is `dog -w#` ... the manpage is just formatted in an ugly manor so you cant tell ... `dog -h` shows the correct format touched up the manpage to read: '[-w<cols>]' instead of '[-w cols]' '-w<n>' instead of '-w n'