yum will wrap lines even if the output is sent to a pipe
Issue
yum will wrap lines up to limited characters per line , even if the output is piped .
For example:
# yum list | less
... snip ...
rubygem-abrt.noarch 0.0.6-2.el7 rhel-7-server-rpms
rubygem-foreman_scap_client.noarch 0.1.2-1.el7sat rhel-7-server-satellite-6.2-rpms
rubygem-newt.x86_64 0.9.6-2.el7sat rhel-7-server-satellite-6.2-rpms
rubygem-smart_proxy_discovery.noarch 1.0.3-3.el7sat rhel-7-server-satellite-6.2-rpms
rubygem-smart_proxy_discovery_image.noarch
1.0.5-4.el7sat rhel-7-server-satellite-6.2-rpms
tfm-rubygem-katello_ostree.noarch 3.0.0.70-1.el7sat
rhel-7-server-satellite-6.2-rpms
tfm-rubygem-ovirt_provision_plugin.noarch
1.0.2-1.el7sat rhel-7-server-satellite-6.2-rpms
... snip ...
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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