a sufficient way to show logs in a graphical interface using whiptail in bash

Question

hello

I'm trying to represent log files via the whiptail's infobox. The only setback is that I don't want to scroll down through hundreds of log lines. Is there a way to make the scroll bar go to the end of the box automatically?

Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

there seems no option for whiptail to do that. Im happy to know as well if someone can make it. However, maybe you want to try

vim -M + <filename>

• not possible to make change in the file
• start at the end of the file
• get benefit from VIM nice features. e.g. searching, navigation ...

Answer 2

If you use dialog instead of whiptail, you can use --tailbox or --tailboxbg. They work like tail -f. You can't scroll up and down, but neither does whiptail's infobox.