Olaf Meeuwissen said on Fri, 26 Nov 2021 18:40:37 +0900

>Hi,
>
>Steve Litt writes:
>
>> What could possibly be easier than vim /var/log/messages, or
>> vi /var/log/messages, or emacs /var/log/messages, or
>> nano /var/log/messages? And notice with the old way, you have a
>> choice, rather than having to look at log output with the vendor's
>> proprietary tool.
>
>Maybe I'm peculiar but I always find it absolutely, totally
>jaw-dropping when people use text *editors* to *look* at file content.
> Makes my toes curl up and blood curdle.

You're right. Use less or some other *viewer*.

SteveT

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