On 11/24/12, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > On 2012-11-24 11:36 +0100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> On 11/24/12, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: >>> Probably "colortail -f <(systemd-journalctl -f)" will do the trick. >> >> This doesn't work - I guess "<" is still a redirection to stdin or >> something. > > No.
thanks for checking >> For colortail, we need to auto-generate the corresponding filename for >> stdin. > > It reports /dev/fd/63 here. Since I did not boot with systemd as PID 1, I get the same > I tested with "colortail -f <(tail -f /var/log/auth.log)", however. Yes, this works. Here are my attempts: $ colortail -f <(systemd-journalctl -f) Showing user generated messages only. Users in the group 'adm' can see all messages. Pass -q to turn this message off. ==> /dev/fd/63 <== # no more output $ colortail -f <(systemd-journalctl -n 2) Showing user generated messages only. Users in the group 'adm' can see all messages. Pass -q to turn this message off. ==> /dev/fd/63 <== Nov 22 22:50:52 localhost xscreensaver[1763]: pam_winbind(xscreensaver:auth)...) Nov 22 22:50:55 localhost xscreensaver[1763]: FAILED LOGIN 1 ON DISPLAY ":0"..." # I'm guessing no more output can be got at this point $ colortail -f <(systemd-journalctl -n 2 -f) Showing user generated messages only. Users in the group 'adm' can see all messages. Pass -q to turn this message off. ==> /dev/fd/63 <== # no more output $ colortail -f <(sudo systemd-journalctl -f) ==> /dev/fd/63 <== # no more output $ colortail -f <(sudo systemd-journalctl -f -n 10) ==> /dev/fd/63 <== # no more output $ colortail -f <(sudo systemd-journalctl -f 2>&1) ==> /dev/fd/63 <== # no more output $ colortail -f <(sudo systemd-journalctl) ... this produces the full journal/syslog ... ... and does not actually follow (not surprising, since no -f option to journalctl) $ sudo colortail -f <(sudo systemd-journalctl -f) colortail: Failed to open file: /dev/fd/63 ==> /dev/fd/63 <== # no more output $ sudo colortail -f <(systemd-journalctl -f) Showing user generated messages only. Users in the group 'adm' can see all messages. Pass -q to turn this message off. colortail: Failed to open file: /dev/fd/63 ==> /dev/fd/63 <== # no more output Seems a hard nut to crack... evidently systemd-journalctl does not output in the same way as tail command... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOsGNSRn9moyw3OWyyUOrH=gy17sba7quwscdt0ixaksuna...@mail.gmail.com
