Re: how to tail w/o folding the output?

Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> How do you run tail and not have it fold the output? > Since these apps treat the screen as a "glass teletype", that would > be a function of the console or xterm, not of tail. > As to how to modify the console, though... man con

Re: how to tail w/o folding the output?

Dave Sherohman wrote: On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:50:50AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, How do you run tail and not have it fold the output? E.g. I run: tail -s 1 -n 40 -f kern.log But it folds the output so that what is messy is now messier... So you want the lines to be cut off at the

Re: how to tail w/o folding the output?

On 08/24/2006 08:50 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, How do you run tail and not have it fold the output? E.g. I run: tail -s 1 -n 40 -f kern.log But it folds the output so that what is messy is now messier... H In addition to using 'cut' as Dave Sherohman suggested, you can also use the

Re: how to tail w/o folding the output?

On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:50:13PM EDT, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:50:50AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How do you run tail and not have it fold the output? > > > > E.g. I run: > > > > tail -s 1 -n 40 -f kern.log > > > > But it folds the output so that w

Re: how to tail w/o folding the output?

On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:50:50AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > How do you run tail and not have it fold the output? > > E.g. I run: > > tail -s 1 -n 40 -f kern.log > > But it folds the output so that what is messy is now messier... So you want the lines to be cut off at the end of

Re: how to tail w/o folding the output?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > How do you run tail and not have it fold the output? Since these apps treat the screen as a "glass teletype", that would be a function of the console or xterm, not of tail. As to how to modify the console, though...

how to tail w/o folding the output?

Hi, How do you run tail and not have it fold the output? E.g. I run: tail -s 1 -n 40 -f kern.log But it folds the output so that what is messy is now messier... H -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]