Archives/lnav
2
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/tstack/lnav synced 2024-11-03 23:15:38 +00:00
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Merge pull request #439 from aspiers/journald

Browse Source 
document usage with systemd-journald (#61)
This commit is contained in:
Tim Stack 2017-04-19 13:43:18 -07:00 committed by GitHub
commit 2593926caa
1 changed files with 26 additions and 4 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

30
README.md
View File

@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Lnav follows the usual GNU style for configuring and installing software:
$ make
$ sudo make install
__Run ```./autogen.sh``` before running any of the above commands when
__Run `./autogen.sh` before running any of the above commands when
compiling from a cloned repository.__
@ -55,15 +55,15 @@ Alternatively, you can get the generated binary from [AppVeyor](https://ci.appve
Remember that you still need the lnav dependencies under Cygwin, here is a quick way to do it:
`setup-x86_64.exe -q -P libpcre1 -P libpcrecpp0 -P libsqlite3_0 -P libstdc++6`
setup-x86_64.exe -q -P libpcre1 -P libpcrecpp0 -P libsqlite3_0 -P libstdc++6
Currently, the x64 version seems to be working better than the x86 one.
Using
Usage
-----
The only file installed is the executable, "lnav". You can execute it
The only file installed is the executable, `lnav`. You can execute it
with no arguments to view the default set of files:
$ lnav
@ -72,6 +72,27 @@ You can view all the syslog messages by running:
$ lnav /var/log/messages*
Usage with `systemd-journald`
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On systems running `systemd-journald`, you can use `lnav` as the pager:
$ journalctl | lnav
or in follow mode:
$ journalctl -f | lnav
Since `journalctl`'s default output format omits the year, if you are
viewing logs which span multiple years you will need to change the
output format to include the year, otherwise `lnav` gets confused:
$ journalctl -o short-iso | lnav
If your system has been running for a long time, for increased
efficiency you may want to limit the number of log lines fed into
`lnav`, e.g. via `journalctl`'s `-n` or `--since=...` options.
Screenshot
----------
@ -81,6 +102,7 @@ highlights. Errors are red and warnings are yellow.
[![Screenshot](http://tstack.github.io/lnav/lnav-syslog-thumb.png)](http://tstack.github.io/lnav/lnav-syslog.png)
See Also
--------