Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:38:15 -0700 From: George Davidovich <freebsd@optimis.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tailing logs Message-ID: <20080823153815.GA7395@marvin.optimis.net> In-Reply-To: <48B027CF.6040605@telenix.org> References: <48AECD11.1000705@pixelhammer.com> <48AF048A.1070401@pixelhammer.com> <48B027CF.6040605@telenix.org>
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On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 11:07:59AM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > DAve wrote: > > DAve wrote: > I do this commonly to catch the lines with the word "Building" in them, > from a file "build.out: > > tail -F build.out | grep --color=always Building > > When I get a free moment, I need to see about making that --color-always > the default. Grep provides for a number of environmental variables, the above being one of them. For example: export GREP_COLOR='0;32' export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=auto' Perfectly acceptable for regular use, but especially useful to test pattern matching before finalising that script you're working on. -- George
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