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Executes cat, then tail -f
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| cattail() { | |
| if [ ! $1 ]; then | |
| echo "usage: cattail 'string' file" | |
| else | |
| grep "$1" $2 | |
| tail -f -n 0 $2 |grep "$1" | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| alias ct=cattail |
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For those wondering, the name came out of using
cat $FILE |grep $STRINGinstead ofgrep "$STRING" $FILEbecause it's easier to just arrow up and changecattotail -fthan restructure the command.(Not that I needed to explain myself; there's more than one way to skin a cat...)