On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 15:24, John wrote: > sid wrote: > > Hello > > in the log wiever I do not know how to make so, that last the recording > > of log is in top of the list and not in bottom. How to arrange the list > > by : > > last arrived - > in top of the list? > > Because when the log update the log go to the top of the list. when > > you 've got a long list and when you want to follow some events how it > > goes, it' s not wery confortable. > > thank you > > Jean-François DUMONT > I'm sorry.. I don't have an answer to your question.. but I do have a > couple suggestions... > > I feel that "Log Viewer" is over-rated. I prefer to view my logs > directly in the /var/logs dir. If you use the less command > (example: less /var/log/messages (or other log file).. the END key > should take you to the bottom. *shrug* > > Also, if you just want to see the last 100 (or ?) lines of a file.. try > the tail command (see "man tail"). > For example, if I want to see the last 100 lines of my maillog file.. I > can use: > # tail -100 /var/log/maillog > > Hope this is helpful. Just a quick addition. I find viewing logs while I am doing some thing (other then reviewing them at a later date), then tail -f /location/of/log/file to be VERY useful, combine that with tail -f /location/of/log/file | grep "what I am looking for" to be really quite nice. Doug
