Hi,
The tail command on the DOS does not seem to be recognized on my XP. Any suggestions on printing last few lines on a very big log file on DOS.
Thanks Arun
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Does this help?
http://malektips.com/xp_dos_0001.html
http://commandwindows.com/server2003tools.htm
Here is the direct Microsoft link.
I have tested it on my machine (just out of curiosity and because I might need it) and it works fine.
johnny
2009-05-08 20:41:31
nopes. thanks. i tried this :)
arun.poruri
2009-05-08 20:44:02
Why does it fail? What happens? According to these sites it works like a charm, but I admit I have not tried them.
johnny
2009-05-08 20:44:54
Just downloaded and installed from Microsoft and it works.
johnny
2009-05-08 20:49:44
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If you install Cygwin, you can get all the warm and fuzzy Linux commands you are used to.
Cygwin is not an emulation layer, it simply provides win32 binaries of common utilities. It does give you a bash shell which is very nice.
Kekoa
2009-05-08 20:42:15
thanks. its just so painful that i have to go installing cygwin on any machine i touch... just to check the log. :)
arun.poruri
2009-05-08 20:47:37
I think you can just grab a tail.exe from Cygwin, and run that on its own.
Kekoa
2009-05-08 20:52:05
Of course, cygwin IS an emulation layer. If you don't want the Cygwin bloat, take a look at MSYS instead.
anon
2009-05-08 20:54:13
Cygwin *is* an emulation layer, or rather a compatibility layer. It's a DLL that implements Unix API stuff so that you can compile Unix apps to run on Windows. It's also a collection of Unix apps compiled against, and shipped with, said DLL.
Adam Jaskiewicz
2009-05-08 20:57:33
Exactly. An emulator is different from adding an API. It's not like the bytecode of the app is run through a cygwin emulator, as running an SNES ROM would be. Cygwin may provide a framework that "emulates" a *nix system , but it is not an emulator. That's what I was really trying to say. I'll be more careful with my words next time!
Kekoa
2009-05-09 15:33:38
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DOS has no tail command; you can download a Windows binary for GNU tail and other GNU tools here.
Tomer Gabel
2009-05-08 20:42:46
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There actually is tail for XP, It's just that Microsoft doesn't install it with the standard version of XP; they packaged it in 'Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools'.
You can get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en
Matt Poush
2009-05-08 20:45:30
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dos's type works like *nux's cat, though just like cat, it does dump the whole file, so its not really a true tail, but its going to be available in a pinch without downloading/installing a true tail substitute.
Uberfuzzy
2009-05-08 20:45:43
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Grab the win32 port of the gnu tools from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ You'll have a wonderfully working tail -f then. Works on my XP anyway.
devSolo
2009-05-08 20:50:27
It doesn't work on the server I just tried on - complains about invalid file descriptors.
David Fraser
2010-10-22 08:36:24
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I recommend the GNUWin32 utilities over CygWin. They are more "corporate IT friendly". i.e. All the tools are native windows applications that don't require you to install the a dll. (they can be run off a thumb drive or cd without any installation) They are also easier to remove (just delete the folder.) Functionally, the command line tools are indistinguishable from the cygwin versions.
You can find tail in the Core Utils for Windows package.
Chris Nava
2009-05-08 22:55:21