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I frequently use tail
to monitor errors:
tail -f /var/log/apache2/error_log
I can use the shortcut cmd+K
to clear the screen (OSX), but I've grown accustomed to using ^L
in other linuxy situations. When I attempt to use it while tail
is monitoring a file, I see output ^L
instead:
[Fri Sep 30 12:08:58 2011] [notice] Apache/2.2.19 (Unix) PHP/5.3.6 with Suhosin-Patch DAV/2 mod_wsgi/3.3 Python/2.7.1 configured -- resuming normal operations
^L^L^L^L
Is there a way to get ^L
to work the way i'm expecting it to in this situation?
Ah I see. this works, though it changes the behavior of
^L
in other situations. Is it not possible to form feed when tail is monitoring a file (since the prompt is not available, maybe)? – lettertwo – 2011-09-30T19:00:28.897