On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 09:23:05PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > Olaf Meeuwissen said on Fri, 26 Nov 2021 18:40:37 +0900 > > >Hi, > > > >Steve Litt writes: > > > >> What could possibly be easier than vim /var/log/messages, or > >> vi /var/log/messages, or emacs /var/log/messages, or > >> nano /var/log/messages? And notice with the old way, you have a > >> choice, rather than having to look at log output with the vendor's > >> proprietary tool. > > > >Maybe I'm peculiar but I always find it absolutely, totally > >jaw-dropping when people use text *editors* to *look* at file content. > > Makes my toes curl up and blood curdle. > > You're right. Use less or some other *viewer*.
For things like log output, which must be kept unchanged, a read-only viewer would suffice. Or a read-only editor. Editors sometimes have texual search mechanisms that are better than viewers. And if you use one editor a *lot*, its commands are muscle memory. For things tat you primarily want to read, but rarely fix a typo or such, you can open a text editor in read-only mode, protecting you from inadvertent edits. -- hendrik > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful > Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
