On 2009-12-18 , at 21:02 , Scott Haneda wrote: > > I run a script that does this > tail -f -n0 /path/to/log.log >> /path/to/log/running_log > The problem is, the log.log grows, it will get chopped in half by the app at > a point in size I define, I set mine pretty high. I want to get those log > lines in MySql, parsing 100MB files is not fun.
what happens if you do the following while your 'tail' is running gsed -i '1,100000d' log.log assumes that there are 100,000 lines+ in log.log - assumes that you have processed the first 100,000 lines too. -i "edit the file in place '1,100000d' delete lines 1 through 100,000 8) ---------------------------------- Chris Janton - face at CentosPrime dot COM Netminder for Opus1.COM _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
