log wiever

[Douglas Furlong]

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