<div>                Thanks.<br><br>This is MUCH shorter.<br><br>tail -n 50 /var/log/syslog > end_syslog.txt<br>geany end_syslog.txt<br><br>Sent via personal computer<br>"It is always too soon to quit."<br><br><br>            </div>            <div class="yahoo_quoted" style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #ccc;padding-left:1ex;">                        <div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">                                <div>                    On Saturday, August 15, 2020, 07:19:42 PM CDT, Matthew Brush <mbrush@codebrainz.ca> wrote:                </div>                <div><br></div>                <div><br></div>                <div><div dir="ltr">On 2020-08-15 3:33 p.m., Andrew Kennedy via Users wrote:<br clear="none">> I know this will display at line 900.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> However the syslog file is variable in length.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> geany -l 900 syslog.txt<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Can I have geany display just the last 50 lines?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Thanks.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none">I'm not sure it can be done directly using Geany, but if you are on a <br clear="none">POSIX-ey OS with a BASH-like shell you can do something as described in <br clear="none">this pastebin:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://geany.org/p/q1SUz/" target="_blank">https://geany.org/p/q1SUz/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">I tested it on Ubuntu 20.04 and it works OK.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Regards,<br clear="none">Matthew Brush<div class="yqt9993549729" id="yqtfd08227"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Users mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Users@lists.geany.org" href="mailto:Users@lists.geany.org">Users@lists.geany.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users" target="_blank">https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>            </div>                </div>