Comments on: How to tail files in Windows http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2007/05/how-to-tail-files-in-windows/ This is a repository for my favorite scripts, regexes, commandlines, utilities, code snippets, tips, and other geeky things that might be useful to someone googling for an obscure solution some day. It's also a place to share my thoughts about companies I've dealt with, my favorite lifehacks, observations of interesting human behavior, clever and/or evil marketing schemes I've run across, and anything else I feel compelled to write about. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:52:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: spugbrap http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2007/05/how-to-tail-files-in-windows/#comment-286 spugbrap Mon, 21 May 2007 15:59:04 +0000 http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2007/05/how-to-tail-files-in-windows/#comment-286 Yeah, 4NT kicks ass. Of course, I don't have it on the aforementioned server... I'm not exactly sure what kinds of restrictions exist in terms of software I can install on this particular server. So, I just try to play it safe. 4NT, cygwin, and sysinternals tools (among other things) go on every other machine that I use on a regular basis, though! Yeah, 4NT kicks ass. Of course, I don’t have it on the aforementioned server… I’m not exactly sure what kinds of restrictions exist in terms of software I can install on this particular server. So, I just try to play it safe.

4NT, cygwin, and sysinternals tools (among other things) go on every other machine that I use on a regular basis, though!

]]> By: ClintJCL http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2007/05/how-to-tail-files-in-windows/#comment-285 ClintJCL Sat, 19 May 2007 22:57:25 +0000 http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2007/05/how-to-tail-files-in-windows/#comment-285 I also have a dos tail.exe for non cygwin, but I would only use that if I didn't have 4NT. I also have a dos tail.exe for non cygwin, but I would only use that if I didn’t have 4NT.

]]> By: ClintJCL http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2007/05/how-to-tail-files-in-windows/#comment-284 ClintJCL Sat, 19 May 2007 22:56:45 +0000 http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2007/05/how-to-tail-files-in-windows/#comment-284 R:\MEDIA\DATA\READY-TO-DELETE>cat c:\bat\tail.bat @echo off IF "%CYGWIN"=="1" goto :cygwin :nocygwin *tail /n%@STRIP[-,%1] goto :end :cygwin c:\cygwin\bin\tail.exe %& goto :end :end R:\MEDIA\DATA\READY-TO-DELETE>cat c:\bat\tail.bat

@echo off
IF “%CYGWIN”==”1″ goto :cygwin

:nocygwin
*tail /n%@STRIP[-,%1]
goto :end

:cygwin
c:\cygwin\bin\tail.exe %&
goto :end

:end

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