[GH-ISSUE #170] Feature request: Show logs from beginning #117

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opened 2026-03-03 16:04:33 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @tux-84 on GitHub (Jul 11, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/mthenw/frontail/issues/170

A nice feature would be to make frontail start from the first line of a logfile rather than entering a high number (e.g. -n 99999).

Originally created by @tux-84 on GitHub (Jul 11, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/mthenw/frontail/issues/170 A nice feature would be to make frontail start from the first line of a logfile rather than entering a high number (e.g. -n 99999).

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@mthenw commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2019):

It should be possible with -n +1.

man tail:

Numbers having a leading plus (`+') sign are relative to the beginning of the input, for example, ``-n +2'' starts the display at the second line of the input.

Looks like there is a bug and it doesn't work. I'm gonna fix it.

@mthenw commented on GitHub (Jul 21, 2019): It should be possible with `-n +1`. `man tail`: >Numbers having a leading plus (`+') sign are relative to the beginning of the input, for example, ``-n +2'' starts the display at the second line of the input. Looks like there is a bug and it doesn't work. I'm gonna fix it.