docs: Update ps.1 to warn about command name length

Previous versions of ps used to only match on the first 15 characters
because that's what the kernel used to provide. Newer kernels have a
longer length for this field so procps has been updated to suit.

References:
 procps-ng/procps#101
 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099091
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Craig Small
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* docs: Use correct symbols for -h option in free.1 Debian #898774
* docs: ps.1 now warns about command name length issue #101
* top: can now exploit 256-color terminals issue #96
* top: preserves 'other filters' in configuration file issue #99
* top: can now collapse/expand forest view children issue #99