* "Blazej" == Blazej Sawionek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Blazej> When I view them with mc using F3 they appear to have lost Blazej> their format. All end-of-lines are removed and the text is Blazej> `justified' to approx. 80 columns. This makes the logs very Blazej> difficult to read and practically useless. When I ungzip the Blazej> files and view them in the same way (mc - F3) - the effect is Blazej> the same.
mc does syntax highlighting and preprocessing based on the filename/extention. kern.log.1 looks like a manpage for the parser. It pipes the file through nroff (I think), which formats the text. File a wishlist grade bug on mc if you like. Don't know if it is possible to put in an exception to the bahaviuor, but I can check when I have some time (in an month or so). Blazej> Is there an easy way to see the gzipped file correctly and Blazej> quickly? Put eval $(lesspipe) into /etc/profile or such some, then less will do on the fly decompression of files. Ciao, Martin