[Geany-Users] Open file at end - 50 lines

[Matthew Brush]

On 2020-08-15 5:44 p.m., Andrew Kennedy via Users wrote:
>   Thanks.
> 
> This is MUCH shorter.
> 
> tail -n 50 /var/log/syslog > end_syslog.txt
> geany end_syslog.txt
> 

Indeed, I just offered a good general purpose wrapper script that does 
proper cleanup and saves a bit of typing.

Regards,
Matthew Brush

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>       On Saturday, August 15, 2020, 07:19:42 PM CDT, Matthew Brush <mbrush at codebrainz.ca> wrote:
>   
>   On 2020-08-15 3:33 p.m., Andrew Kennedy via Users wrote:
>> I know this will display at line 900.
>>
>> However the syslog file is variable in length.
>>
>> geany -l 900 syslog.txt
>>
>> Can I have geany display just the last 50 lines?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
> 
> I'm not sure it can be done directly using Geany, but if you are on a
> POSIX-ey OS with a BASH-like shell you can do something as described in
> this pastebin:
> 
> https://geany.org/p/q1SUz/
> 
> I tested it on Ubuntu 20.04 and it works OK.
> 
> Regards,
> Matthew Brush
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