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The `/usr/bin/pkill` and `/usr/bin/pgrep` utilities when used with the `-f` option (match against the full argument list) truncate process lists to 2048 characters, despite `ps` utility on macOS showing command lines longer then 2048 characters and supporting command lines of 256 kB as output from `getconf ARG_MAX` utility, and as specified in /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/sys/syslimits.h

Steps to reproduce.

1. Run the following in one terminal 

bash -s %testbug% $(seq -w 1 600)

2. Then run in another terminal (bash or zsh)

for i in $(seq -w 1 600) ; do
  REGEX="bash -s [%]testbug[%].* $i"
  if ! /usr/bin/pgrep -q -a -f "$REGEX"  ; then
    echo "error: pgrep failed for regex '$REGEX'"
    if test -n "$PREV_REGEX"; then
      echo "previously worked for regex '$PREV_REGEX'"
    fi
    break;
  fi
  PREV_REGEX=$REGEX
done

**Expected results**: no output should be written.

**Actual results**: the following is written:

error: pgrep failed for regex 'bash -s [%]testbug[%].* 508'
previously worked for regex 'bash -s [%]testbug[%].* 507'