Comments on: Watch Multiple Logs in a Single Terminal http://blog.smartlogicsolutions.com/2008/11/12/watch-multiple-logs-in-a-single-terminal/ News and updates from the people at SmartLogic Solutions Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:57:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nick Gauthier http://blog.smartlogicsolutions.com/2008/11/12/watch-multiple-logs-in-a-single-terminal/comment-page-1/#comment-4806 Nick Gauthier Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:42:56 +0000 http://blog.smartlogicsolutions.com/?p=363#comment-4806 Hey Erik, Yep, this post is pretty dated and it's a pretty poor way of doing the task. As Dan pointed out GNU screen is a great utility, and like you pointed out I can do it with watch. In my script I also failed to use optparse for options. Really, it just goes to show how much you hate your own code after a while :-D -Nick Hey Erik,

Yep, this post is pretty dated and it’s a pretty poor way of doing the task. As Dan pointed out GNU screen is a great utility, and like you pointed out I can do it with watch.

In my script I also failed to use optparse for options. Really, it just goes to show how much you hate your own code after a while :-D

-Nick

]]> By: Erik Johnson http://blog.smartlogicsolutions.com/2008/11/12/watch-multiple-logs-in-a-single-terminal/comment-page-1/#comment-4805 Erik Johnson Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:36:52 +0000 http://blog.smartlogicsolutions.com/?p=363#comment-4805 It is not true that you MUST run the command 4 times. If you always want to watch the same four logs on the same four hosts, you can quite easily automate this. With a bit more scripting magic you an create a utility which will automate watching an arbitrary set of logs. You might also want to check out the standard UNIX command 'watch'. Lastly, I would encourage you to read about named pipes. It is not true that you MUST run the command 4 times. If you always want to watch the same four logs on the same four hosts, you can quite easily automate this. With a bit more scripting magic you an create a utility which will automate watching an arbitrary set of logs. You might also want to check out the standard UNIX command ‘watch’. Lastly, I would encourage you to read about named pipes.

]]> By: Nick Gauthier http://blog.smartlogicsolutions.com/2008/11/12/watch-multiple-logs-in-a-single-terminal/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Nick Gauthier Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:16:16 +0000 http://blog.smartlogicsolutions.com/?p=363#comment-544 Hey Nicholas, I love screen, but it still requires you to run the command 4 times instead of just one command, and it requires a lot more keystrokes to set up. This way lets you change quickly which files you're accessing by just typing them in the command. Also to pre-empt another expected comment, yes I know about tail -f. Hey Nicholas,

I love screen, but it still requires you to run the command 4 times instead of just one command, and it requires a lot more keystrokes to set up.

This way lets you change quickly which files you’re accessing by just typing them in the command.

Also to pre-empt another expected comment, yes I know about tail -f.

]]> By: nicholas a. evans http://blog.smartlogicsolutions.com/2008/11/12/watch-multiple-logs-in-a-single-terminal/comment-page-1/#comment-543 nicholas a. evans Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:13:09 +0000 http://blog.smartlogicsolutions.com/?p=363#comment-543 You should definitely check out GNU Screen. It's documentation is a bit difficult to wade through, but this would be a good use case for using split windows within screen. (and besides that, screen is an essential part of any frequent terminal user's toolkit.) You should definitely check out GNU Screen. It’s documentation is a bit difficult to wade through, but this would be a good use case for using split windows within screen. (and besides that, screen is an essential part of any frequent terminal user’s toolkit.)

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