[ILUG] Adjusting terminal width independantly of terminal emulator width

[bobb]

Brendan Arthurs hath declared on Monday the 05 day of September 2005  :-:
> Hi,
> 
> When following logfiles using tail -f, I'd like to have the entries
> displayed onscreen with a single terminal line used for each logfile
> line. That is, I don't want lines longer than the window width to be
> wrapped. Ideally they should contine beyond the edge of the terminal,
> which could then be scrolled horizontally to read beyond the edge.

you could use something like:

    tail -f <file> | cut -c1-$COLUMNS

- bobb

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