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Diffstat (limited to 'inotail.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | inotail.1 | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ .\" ** The above line should force tbl to be a preprocessor ** .\" Man page for inotail .\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> +.\" Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> .\" .\" You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public .\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with .\" inotail. .pc -.TH INOTAIL 1 "2006-08-13" "" "Inotify enhanced tail" +.TH INOTAIL 1 "2009-01-25" "" "Inotify enhanced tail" .SH NAME inotail \- A fast and lightweight version of tail using inotify .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -30,24 +30,27 @@ Currently inotail is not fully compatible to neither POSIX or GNU tail but might be in the future. .SH OPTIONS .TP -.B \-c \fIN\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fIN\fR +.B \-c \fIN\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fIN output the last N bytes. If the first character of N is a '+', begin printing with the Nth character from the start of each file. .TP -.B \-f, \fB\-\-follow +.B \-f\fR, \fB\-\-follow keep the file(s) open and print appended data as the file grows .TP -.B \-n \fIN\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR=\fIN\fR +.B \-n \fIN\fR, \fB\-\-lines\fR=\fIN output the last N lines (default: 10) If the first character of N is a '+', begin printing with the Nth line from the start of each file. .TP -.B \-v, \fB\-\-verbose -print headers with file names +.B \-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent +never print headers with file names .TP -.B \-h, \fB\-\-help +.B \-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose +alway print headers with file names +.TP +.B \-h\fR, \fB\-\-help show help and exit .TP -.B \-V, \fB\-\-version +.B \-V\fR, \fB\-\-version show inotail version and exit .SH AUTHOR .PP |