Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:30:19 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: backporting tail from HEAD to RELENG_5 Message-ID: <20050118203019.08BE95D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:19:05 %2B0100." <200501172019.j0HKJ5gv033789@lurza.secnetix.de>
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> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:19:05 +0100 (CET) > From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 01:01:44PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > > > Cool, I currently get this functionality from misc/xtail. xtail was on > > > my short list of "must-have" ports. > > > > Would you please share the list with us? I think it would be helpful > > if we know the needs :-) > > I'm surprised that nobody else replied. This is a list of > small non-X11 ports that I install on most machines (even > non-FreeBSD if applicable). This list is certainly not > complete, and everyone probably has his/her own favourite > tools. > > - cpdup (great to copy/sync directory trees) > - cvsup-without-gui (cannot use FreeBSD without it) > - elinks (nice text web browser, better than lynx) > - fping (useful to ping multiple hosts/nets at once) > - joe (my fav. editor, though I can cope with vi, too) > - logsurfer (useful tool to watch your logs) > - lsof (can't live without it) > - lynx-ssl (sometimes useful) > - netcat (well-known) > - nmap (well-known) > - omi (I use this one to mirror stuff via FTP) > - par (I use this often for mail / news) > - screen (can't live without it) > - strace (better than ktrace and truss, IMO) > - super (better than sudo, in my opinion) > - trafshow (very nice tool to watch network activity) > - zsh (my favourite shell, very powerful) > > Of course, lots of people will probably have different > opinions about some of those tools. But that's one of > the big advantages of FreeBSD and its ports collection: > You have enough things to chose from, so go and try them > to find the one which suits you best. :-) Excellent. I've used swatch for a long time, but I had missed logsurfer. I'll see how it does. One absolute requirement for me is most(1) which is more(1) than less(1). It handles binary files and has a number of very nice capabilities that less lacks, but wraps lines with a '\' at the wrap point which I find very annoying. But I still prefer it and, even when I try to type "more", my fingers insist on "most" at least once. Guess it's because I've been using most(1) for at least 15 years and probably closer to 20. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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