(Note that JIRA strips some of the extra spaces, so just follow the commands for a better example)

For environments with limited widths (e.g. laptops), much of the jdeps output is very difficult to read without scrolling horizontally.

For example, even the -help produces output like this on a standard 80 char terminal. Notice all the extra lines/breaks, this is a straight copy/paste from a fixed width font term:

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% jdeps -help
Usage: jdeps <options> <classes...>
...deleted...
  -apionly Restrict analysis to APIs i.e. dependences
                                     from the signature of public and protected
                                     members of public classes including field
                                     type, method parameter types, returned type
,
                                     checked exception types etc
  -R -recursive Recursively traverse all dependencies.
                                     The -R option implies -filter:none. If -p,
 -e, -f
                                     option is specified, only the matching depe
ndences
                                     are analyzed.
  -jdkinternals Finds class-level dependences on JDK intern
al APIs.
                                     By default, it analyzes all classes on -cla
sspath
                                     and input files unless -include option is s
pecified.
                                     This option cannot be used with -p, -e and
-s options.
                                     WARNING: JDK internal APIs may not be acces
sible in
                                     the next release.
  -version Version information
---end---

A simple jdeps -v produces:

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% deps -v Junky.jar
Junky.jar -> D:\java\bootdirs\jdk1.8.0_77\jre\lib\jce.jar
Junky.jar -> not found
Junky.jar -> D:\java\bootdirs\jdk1.8.0_77\jre\lib\rt.jar
...deleted...
   junky.Junky -> java.lang.invoke.CallSi
te
   junky.Junky -> java.lang.invoke.Method
Handles
   junky.Junky -> java.lang.invoke.Method
Handles$Lookup
   junky.Junky -> java.lang.invoke.Method
Type