tscat
Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: Library Commands (3)
Updated: 26 January 2024
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NAME
tscat - filter to add a timestamp to the stream
SYNOPSIS
edrc/lib/tscat
[
-h
|
-V
]
stream
|
tscat
options
tscat options
<
stream
tail -f
logfile...
|
tscat options
tail -f
logfile
-v
|
tscat
options
tail -f
logfile
|
tscat
-f logfile
options
- options ::=
-
[
-z
] [
-r
] [
-m
|
-l
] [
-n
|
-f filename
] [
-d deliminator
] [
-s session
] [[
-q
]
-a appendfile
]
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/edrc
DESCRIPTION
filter to add a timestamp and a filename to a
stream.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
usage message.
- -V
-
print command version.
- -n
-
no file name output.
- -z
-
no output of zero length lines.
- -r
-
print raw time stamp seconds.microseconds
(s.uuuuuu)
instead of the formatted version
(YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:s.uuuuuu).
- -m
-
medium time stamp resolution
(s.uuuu).
- -l
-
low time stamp resolution, where no fraction of seconds
are resolved.
- -f filename
-
(default) filename to add to
stream.
- -d deliminator
-
field deliminator between timestamp, filename and
stream
data.
- -s session
-
set session in square brackets.
- -q
-
no output to
stdout
when appending to a file.
- -a appendfile
-
append timestamped output to file.
When this option is specified the output to
stdout
is without timestamp.
ENVIRONMENT
- $EDRC_SESSION
-
set session as when using the
-s session
option.
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
match
- 1
-
cannot write to the file specified in
-a appendfile
option.
- 4
-
usage printed.
- 5
-
version printed.
FILES
-
EXAMPLES
-
SEE ALSO
edrcintro(1),
log(3),
tee(1),
xlog(1)
NOTES
For performance reasons
tscat
is implemented in C.
However, for maximal compatibility the fallback for operating
systems where the command (source:
edrc/src/tscat/)
has not be compiled yet it is implemented also in Perl.
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
tscat was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2024
Christian Walther
This is free software; see
edrc/doc/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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Time: 16:54:48 GMT, August 28, 2024