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Is there such a thing as split-screen grep?
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Tmux is a very helpful terminal multiplexer, meaning it can split your terminal into multiple panes. So, create two side by side panes, then one way of doing it is:
your cmd | tee >(grep 'denied' > error.log)
tail -f error.log
The
tee
process takes it's standard in, and writes itbto both standard out, so you see all the lines, and the path it's been given. The>(...)
operator runs the grep in a subprocess, and returns the path to it's standard input pipe, sogrep
receives every line, and writes the denied lines to a log file which you display withtail
in the other pane.Rather than using a file for error.log you could also use a named pipe in much the same way.
Thanks! I'm curious if there is a way to do this as a one-liner?
Sorry for th slow answer, I've been away. There is a way, if it's still useful to you:
First, create a named fifo, you only need to do this once:
Run your rsync in one pane, with a filtered view in the second:
Replace
...options...
with your normal rsync command line.That should give you a split view, with all the normal messages on the left, and only messages containing 'denied' on the right.
The
|&
makes sure we capture both stdout and stderr,tee
then writes them to the fifo and displays them.split-window
tells tmux to create a second pane, and display the output of grep.Thanks!