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From: djl@dplace.UUCP (Dave Lampe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Multiple tail programme
Keywords: tail, file viewing
Message-ID: <5@dplace.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 91 23:13:40 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.054042.14998@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au>
Organization: Dave's Used Software Works, Livermore, CA
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colemanm@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au (Mark Coleman) writes:

>Sorry if this is a FAQ but I'm looking for a version of 'tail' that allows me
>display the updates to files from multiple files.

>e.g.  $ tail -f <file1> <file2> <file3>

The progam you want is called "watch". It was posted in the old mod.sources
group by Brent Callaghan, {ihnp4|mtuxo|pegasus}!poseidon!brent, and is
available on uunet in the states. I don't know about OZ. It uses curses to
split the screen into as many panes as there are files and runs a tail-f
in each one.
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