On 2021-05-02 04:04, Marco Atzeri wrote:
New version 581.2-1 of less is available in the Cygwin distribution
Running less +F <FILE> (follow ) or less +G <FILE> then F or less <FILE> then F does not seem to work (since at least v 530) on logs updated every second or so or longer, showing only the last line(s) when started, unlike tail -f or xtail:
Compare: $ for ((i = 1; i < 10000000; ++i)); do echo $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i sleep 1 done > t & less +F t [wait] ^C G q $ kill %1 to: $ for ((i = 1; i < 10000000; ++i)); do echo $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i sleep 1 done > t & tail -f t ... ^C $ kill %1 or: $ for ((i = 1; i < 10000000; ++i)); do echo $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i $i sleep 1 done > t & xtail t ... ^C *** recently changed files *** 1 2021-09-18 11:47:50 t currently watching: 1 files 0 dirs 0 unknown entries Exit (y/N)? y $ kill %1 -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
