I love BBEdit because I can watch large log files and it handles them
effortlessly, even with files that are updated every few seconds.
But I avoid using it because live search is broken:
1) Not persistent
Log files, by their nature get updated, often a lot. When I search
on a word using
On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 5:53 AM Hephaestus wrote:
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> 2) Live Search only shows one item.
> When I search for a term (say, "WARNING") in a large log production
> file, I often have to scan through hundreds of hits. But live search only
> shows one.
> Why can't I see all of them? If I
Hi,
I don't mean to deflect from BBEdit but the use case you describe is often
handles in the terminal via piped commands. Granted, it may not be quite as
flexible as working in a text editor, but it seems to handle most use
cases. Try this command on the file and see if it meets your needs:
tail
