Re: log reading while updating

2007-12-21 Thread Raquel
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:11:42 +0100 roberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello > a runnig program logs its output to a file and i'd like to read this > log file "while" it is being written and updated by the program, and > possibly searching in it for patterns and so on > > is it possible by "less

Re: log reading while updating

2007-12-21 Thread roberto
On 12/21/07, Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > roberto: > > > > a runnig program logs its output to a file and i'd like to read this > > log file "while" it is being written and updated by the program, and > > > > possibly searching in it for patterns and so on > > When you want to search

Re: log reading while updating

2007-12-21 Thread Jochen Schulz
roberto: > > a runnig program logs its output to a file and i'd like to read this > log file "while" it is being written and updated by the program, and > > possibly searching in it for patterns and so on When you want to search for specific patterns, you can either $ tail -f /var/log/syslog | g

Re: log reading while updating

2007-12-21 Thread H.H. Ding
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 try tail -f xxx.log roberto 写道: > hello > a runnig program logs its output to a file and i'd like to read this > log file "while" it is being written and updated by the program, and > possibly searching in it for patterns and so on > > is it possible

Re: log reading while updating

2007-12-21 Thread Tom Rauchenwald
roberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hello > a runnig program logs its output to a file and i'd like to read this > log file "while" it is being written and updated by the program, and > possibly searching in it for patterns and so on tail -f file > is it possible by "less" or other editors ?

log reading while updating

2007-12-21 Thread roberto
hello a runnig program logs its output to a file and i'd like to read this log file "while" it is being written and updated by the program, and possibly searching in it for patterns and so on is it possible by "less" or other editors ? thank you very much -- roberto OS: GNU/Linux, Debian -- T