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Re: [SLUG] tailing, following and filtering


On 23/11/06, jam@xxxxxxxxx <jam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
tail -f /var/log/syslog |grep something |grep -v but-not-this |less

Make it "| less -F +/re-to-highlight" so you can always ^C to scroll
back through the output then type "F" again to get back to the bottom
and tail from there.


A wry smile.

It's OK, I know someone who always tell jokes that nobody catches... :^).

--P