Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:07:59 -0400 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> To: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> Cc: 'User Questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Tailing logs Message-ID: <48B027CF.6040605@telenix.org> In-Reply-To: <48AF048A.1070401@pixelhammer.com> References: <48AECD11.1000705@pixelhammer.com> <48AF048A.1070401@pixelhammer.com>
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DAve wrote: > DAve wrote: >> I would love to have a way to tail a log, like piping to grep, except >> I see every line and the lines I would normally grep for are >> highlighted. That would be cool. Anyone know of a bash command or >> tool that will do this? >> >> Side note, I am tailing sendmail after changes to my outbound queue >> runners. I want to highlight my sm-mta-out lines but still see all >> lines. >> >> DAve > > Thank you all, I got what I needed! > > DAve > 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.
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