How to view a linux file?
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I was wondering if there is a convenient way in linux/unix to read multiple log files as one. More specifically, I would like to view a sequence of log files (app.log, app.log.1 app.log.2, etc) as one big file using normal unix tools (vi, less, etc). When the EOF is read the tool will automatically move to the beginning of the next file. During my work I have to analyze uat/prod logs to investigate and solve problems. The fact that I need to traverse many log files disturbs my work and causes...
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You can use lists of files and file globbing to specify multiple files. One big file: cat file1 file...
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I created a syslog account on a ubuntu machine and when I try to open the file it is in all wierd characters. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a special way to view syslog server ...show more
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Hello Try to open the file with a text editor, and you would use a text editor to see the file. System...
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I tried the python -m SimpleHTTPServer way, but it asks me to save the log file. What I want is that the browser should display the file content, rather than asking me to save it. (Here, the directory may be pre-defined, but the log file names keep changing...
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A simple `python -m http.server` should suffice. My guesstimate is that the log files you are trying...
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The typical way to view file permissions is to use the 'ls' command with the long listing options enabled...
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You r using gnome which is not very customizable. There r ways to do it on your system, but if u have...
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two commands come to mind 'df' and 'cat /etc/mtab' below is a sample output from both commands. $ df...
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i hav to create an entry in /etc/fstab file. /dev/hda1 /windows ntfs nls=utf8,umask=0222 0 0 to view the other partitions(which were created using windows set up) while logged into the linux but the permission is denied even though i am the only user...
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1) On ubuntu there is no root user. you have to edit the fstab by hand using this command: # sudoedit...
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1. UNIX commands are case sensitive. In which case must you type them? a. all uppercase b. all lowercase c. sentence case, so the first letter is capitalized and others are lowercase d. any combination of uppercase and lowercase 2. In which order are...
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Hello Katauro, As mentioned in the comment, some of the questions may be misleading and many of the...
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Does anyone successfully use Vault to do embedded linux development (including maintaining root file system permissions, check in from the development platform and the target as well)? We're a small firm that has a Vault repository going back several...
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Gah... I wish you had asked a couple of years ago when I was still working in a Vault shop. And doesn...
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I have a transcript with timestamps and a media file. How do I display both of them on a webpage at the same time, synchronized? Oh, and it has to work in any browser or OS. I have a transcript (foo.txt) composed of 1000 sentences. Each sentence is given...
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SMIL is good for that. I have used it for the exact situation you described, with text synchronized...
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