tmux equivalent to GNU screen's :wrap mode
I'm a long time screen user trying to make the jump to tmux. One screen feature I use is the ability to truncate Ctrla :set wrap output. This is especially useful when tailing log files or following compile sessions whose lines are hundreds of characters long.
I've read the man page and googled extensively and cannot find an equivalent command, or a viable work-around using shell commands. The closest I can come up with is piping everything to less -S and putting less into "follow" mode.
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I'm a long time screen user trying to make the jump to tmux. One screen feature I use is the ability to truncate Ctrla :set wrap output. This is especially useful when tailing log files or following compile sessions whose lines are hundreds of characters long.
I've read the man page and googled extensively and cannot find an equivalent command, or a viable work-around using shell commands. The closest I can come up with is piping everything to less -S and putting less into "follow" mode.
tmux
edited Jul 27 '12 at 21:11
jasonwryan
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asked Jul 27 '12 at 14:34
DougDoug
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I'm a long time screen user trying to make the jump to tmux. One screen feature I use is the ability to truncate Ctrla :set wrap output. This is especially useful when tailing log files or following compile sessions whose lines are hundreds of characters long.
I've read the man page and googled extensively and cannot find an equivalent command, or a viable work-around using shell commands. The closest I can come up with is piping everything to less -S and putting less into "follow" mode.
tmux
edited Jul 27 '12 at 21:11
jasonwryan
50.1k14134189
asked Jul 27 '12 at 14:34
DougDoug
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I'm a long time screen user trying to make the jump to tmux. One screen feature I use is the ability to truncate Ctrla :set wrap output. This is especially useful when tailing log files or following compile sessions whose lines are hundreds of characters long.
I've read the man page and googled extensively and cannot find an equivalent command, or a viable work-around using shell commands. The closest I can come up with is piping everything to less -S and putting less into "follow" mode.
tmux
tmux
edited Jul 27 '12 at 21:11
jasonwryan
50.1k14134189
asked Jul 27 '12 at 14:34
DougDoug
6614
edited Jul 27 '12 at 21:11
jasonwryan
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asked Jul 27 '12 at 14:34
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edited Jul 27 '12 at 21:11
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edited Jul 27 '12 at 21:11
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I don't think tmux has this feature, feature request?
One pipable workaround that I often use is "cutting" up to and including $COLUMNS:
tail -f LOG | cut -c1-$COLUMNS
Note that this is not "nowrap", it actually removes the ends of the lines. Also, terminal resizing is not acted upon.
answered Jul 27 '12 at 15:23
ThorThor
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Thanks for the info. I've tried variations on the theme as well. I've found "less -eS --follow-name" to be as close as I can get... IF if remember to run that command first.
– Doug
Jul 27 '12 at 16:14
1
You might do a little better withless +G +F -eS --follow-name, that will get you directly into tail mode. But you're right, it would be better if the terminal handled the wrapping.
– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:23
+Gis actually redundant.
– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:53
This unfortunately doesn't work with xtail...
– MemphiZ
Dec 24 '16 at 0:37
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I have tmux 2.6, and I can run the command setterm -linewrap off to have long lines truncated instead of wrapped.
See these answers:
- https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/345492
- https://superuser.com/a/600694
answered Feb 9 at 21:38
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I don't think tmux has this feature, feature request?
One pipable workaround that I often use is "cutting" up to and including $COLUMNS:
tail -f LOG | cut -c1-$COLUMNS
Note that this is not "nowrap", it actually removes the ends of the lines. Also, terminal resizing is not acted upon.
answered Jul 27 '12 at 15:23
ThorThor
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Thanks for the info. I've tried variations on the theme as well. I've found "less -eS --follow-name" to be as close as I can get... IF if remember to run that command first.
– Doug
Jul 27 '12 at 16:14
1
You might do a little better withless +G +F -eS --follow-name, that will get you directly into tail mode. But you're right, it would be better if the terminal handled the wrapping.
– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:23
+Gis actually redundant.
– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:53
This unfortunately doesn't work with xtail...
– MemphiZ
Dec 24 '16 at 0:37
add a comment |
I don't think tmux has this feature, feature request?
One pipable workaround that I often use is "cutting" up to and including $COLUMNS:
tail -f LOG | cut -c1-$COLUMNS
Note that this is not "nowrap", it actually removes the ends of the lines. Also, terminal resizing is not acted upon.
answered Jul 27 '12 at 15:23
ThorThor
11.8k13459
Thanks for the info. I've tried variations on the theme as well. I've found "less -eS --follow-name" to be as close as I can get... IF if remember to run that command first.
– Doug
Jul 27 '12 at 16:14
1
You might do a little better withless +G +F -eS --follow-name, that will get you directly into tail mode. But you're right, it would be better if the terminal handled the wrapping.
– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:23
+Gis actually redundant.
– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:53
This unfortunately doesn't work with xtail...
– MemphiZ
Dec 24 '16 at 0:37
add a comment |
I don't think tmux has this feature, feature request?
One pipable workaround that I often use is "cutting" up to and including $COLUMNS:
tail -f LOG | cut -c1-$COLUMNS
Note that this is not "nowrap", it actually removes the ends of the lines. Also, terminal resizing is not acted upon.
answered Jul 27 '12 at 15:23
ThorThor
11.8k13459
I don't think tmux has this feature, feature request?
One pipable workaround that I often use is "cutting" up to and including $COLUMNS:
tail -f LOG | cut -c1-$COLUMNS
Note that this is not "nowrap", it actually removes the ends of the lines. Also, terminal resizing is not acted upon.
answered Jul 27 '12 at 15:23
ThorThor
11.8k13459
answered Jul 27 '12 at 15:23
ThorThor
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answered Jul 27 '12 at 15:23
ThorThor
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answered Jul 27 '12 at 15:23
ThorThor
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Thanks for the info. I've tried variations on the theme as well. I've found "less -eS --follow-name" to be as close as I can get... IF if remember to run that command first.
– Doug
Jul 27 '12 at 16:14
1
You might do a little better withless +G +F -eS --follow-name, that will get you directly into tail mode. But you're right, it would be better if the terminal handled the wrapping.
– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:23
+Gis actually redundant.
– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:53
This unfortunately doesn't work with xtail...
– MemphiZ
Dec 24 '16 at 0:37
add a comment |
Thanks for the info. I've tried variations on the theme as well. I've found "less -eS --follow-name" to be as close as I can get... IF if remember to run that command first.
– Doug
Jul 27 '12 at 16:14
1
You might do a little better withless +G +F -eS --follow-name, that will get you directly into tail mode. But you're right, it would be better if the terminal handled the wrapping.
– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:23
+Gis actually redundant.
– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:53
This unfortunately doesn't work with xtail...
– MemphiZ
Dec 24 '16 at 0:37
Thanks for the info. I've tried variations on the theme as well. I've found "less -eS --follow-name" to be as close as I can get... IF if remember to run that command first.
– Doug
Jul 27 '12 at 16:14
Thanks for the info. I've tried variations on the theme as well. I've found "less -eS --follow-name" to be as close as I can get... IF if remember to run that command first.
– Doug
Jul 27 '12 at 16:14
1
1
You might do a little better with
less +G +F -eS --follow-name, that will get you directly into tail mode. But you're right, it would be better if the terminal handled the wrapping.– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:23
You might do a little better with
less +G +F -eS --follow-name, that will get you directly into tail mode. But you're right, it would be better if the terminal handled the wrapping.– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:23
+G is actually redundant.– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:53
+G is actually redundant.– Thor
Jul 27 '12 at 16:53
This unfortunately doesn't work with xtail...
– MemphiZ
Dec 24 '16 at 0:37
This unfortunately doesn't work with xtail...
– MemphiZ
Dec 24 '16 at 0:37
add a comment |
I have tmux 2.6, and I can run the command setterm -linewrap off to have long lines truncated instead of wrapped.
See these answers:
- https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/345492
- https://superuser.com/a/600694
answered Feb 9 at 21:38
ddffnnddffnn
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I have tmux 2.6, and I can run the command setterm -linewrap off to have long lines truncated instead of wrapped.
See these answers:
- https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/345492
- https://superuser.com/a/600694
answered Feb 9 at 21:38
ddffnnddffnn
462
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I have tmux 2.6, and I can run the command setterm -linewrap off to have long lines truncated instead of wrapped.
See these answers:
- https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/345492
- https://superuser.com/a/600694
answered Feb 9 at 21:38
ddffnnddffnn
462
I have tmux 2.6, and I can run the command setterm -linewrap off to have long lines truncated instead of wrapped.
See these answers:
- https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/345492
- https://superuser.com/a/600694
answered Feb 9 at 21:38
ddffnnddffnn
462
answered Feb 9 at 21:38
ddffnnddffnn
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answered Feb 9 at 21:38
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answered Feb 9 at 21:38
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