tail -f /var/log/messages
You can run a terminal with the -e switch to execute a command and bind
it to that terminal, when you quit tail the term should close too. At
least thats how it behaves with eterm. Theres a program called colortail
that you can use to color your logs. Its pretty cool :) You can get it
here ...
http://www.student.hk-r.se/~pt98jan/colortail.html
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:29:29AM -0700, Entelin wrote:
> How do I get a file ex: /var/log/messages to continualy be printed to a
> regular terminal? (just a normal text mode terminal, not a external
> display or anything) I want to set up one window for messages, another
> for named.run, etc.. I dont want a login prompt or anything on it.
>
> Thanks :)
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