__/ [ 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).
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