__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 25 July 2006 18:54 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Jeanette ] on Sunday 23 July 2006 23:50 \__
>>
>>> Tim Smith wrote:
>>>> In article <1204833.IhseD1ymUs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Some interesting names among the list: joe; the; vile; beaver; slime...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> joe is very useful when you've got some huge file, like a log file for a
>>>> busy server that some idiot forget to set up log rotation for, and you
>>>> need to examine it, and you find that vim is taking many minutes to
>>>> start, and
>>>> emacs bails because the file is too large. Just fire up joe. Not only
>>>> will it show the file, it will show it *quickly*.
>>>>
>>>> Great little addition to one's tool chest.
>>>
>>> Forgot Ted
>>
>> The grep family is probably better/quicker (to analyse, not access or
>> respond) for log files, assuming you know what you are looking for (as
>> opposed to line numbers or visual patterns therein).
>
> Don't forget sed if you want to edit a lot of files.
I was going to mention sed. I use it quite heavily to process Web pages in
batch mode.
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