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# 1  
Old 11-20-2011
How to use command tail -f & show line number.
Hello Guys,
I have created function which is as follow:
Code:
tail -f filename |grep "Key word" 
output from this command 



Code:



19-11-2011 21:09:15,234 [49087][22830@YU:140649:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
19-11-2011 21:09:15,286 [56166][22830@YU:53840:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
19-11-2011 21:09:15,523 [146574][22830@YU:237562:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
19-11-2011 21:09:16,022 [56166][22830@YU:237562:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
19-11-2011 21:09:16,147 [56166][22830@YU:589:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
19-11-2011 21:09:16,813 [56166][20030@ananke3:226720:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
19-11-2011 21:09:17,823 [44002][20030@ananke3:53821:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
19-11-2011 21:09:19,409 [49087][22830@YU:237562:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
19-11-2011 21:09:22,367 [44002][20030@ananke3:53821:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11

I want output :
Code:
1    19-11-2011 21:09:15,234 [49087][22830@YU:140649:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
2    19-11-2011 21:09:15,286 [56166][22830@YU:53840:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
3    19-11-2011 21:09:15,523 [146574][22830@YU:237562:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
4    19-11-2011 21:09:16,022 [56166][22830@YU:237562:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
5    19-11-2011 21:09:16,147 [56166][22830@YU:589:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
6    19-11-2011 21:09:16,813 [56166][20030@ananke3:226720:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
7    19-11-2011 21:09:17,823 [44002][20030@ananke3:53821:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
8    19-11-2011 21:09:19,409 [49087][22830@YU:237562:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
9    19-11-2011 21:09:22,367 [44002][20030@ananke3:53821:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11


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# 2  
Old 11-20-2011
Hi,
Try as below
tail -f filename |grep -n "Key word"
# 3  
Old 11-20-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by @bhi
Hi,
Try as below
tail -f filename |grep -n "Key word"
Thank. But it's work.
this is output from command :
Code:
2    19-11-2011 21:09:15,234 [49087][22830@YU:140649:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
3    19-11-2011 21:09:15,286 [56166][22830@YU:53840:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
5    19-11-2011 21:09:15,523 [146574][22830@YU:237562:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
11    19-11-2011 21:09:16,022 [56166][22830@YU:237562:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
12    19-11-2011 21:09:16,147 [56166][22830@YU:589:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
20    19-11-2011 21:09:16,813 [56166][20030@ananke3:226720:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
25    19-11-2011 21:09:17,823 [44002][20030@ananke3:53821:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
33    19-11-2011 21:09:19,409 [49087][22830@YU:237562:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11
40    19-11-2011 21:09:22,367 [44002][20030@ananke3:53821:null] - INFO Numbement - error number:result = :11

# 4  
Old 11-20-2011
Drop the -n as it counts lines from the input, not matches, and add another process to the pipeline:

Code:
tail -f filename |grep  "Key word"|awk '{ printf( "%-5d %s\n", ++c, $0 ); }'

# 5  
Old 11-20-2011
We can eliminate grep...
Code:
tail -f filename  | awk '/key word/{print ++c"\t"$0}'

--ahamed
# 6  
Old 11-20-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahamed101
We can eliminate grep...
Code:
tail -f filename  | awk '/key word/{print ++c"\t"$0}'

--ahamed
I hate it when I miss little things like that. Good catch.
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