[SunHELP] tail -f 2 file

Tim Longo tlongo at avaya.com
Thu Mar 6 04:49:42 CST 2003


You can use the screen utility to split the screen(ctrlA-S), and run a
tail -f on both half's of the display.

You can get a copy of screen from sunfreeware.com or
http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/.  See the man page and help within
screen(ctrlA-?) for details on how to use it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sangbutsarakum, Patai" <patais at reach.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:21 PM
Subject: [SunHELP] tail -f 2 file


> Dear folks,
> Is that possible to 'tail -f'  two files and displays that 2 file on the
> screen
> at the same time (upper half and lower half).
> I'm using SecureCRT as a terminal emulation.
>
> I hope this make sense.
> Pat.


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