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- download the free Swiss File Knife Base from Sourceforge. - open the Windows CMD command line, Mac OS X Terminal or Linux shell. - OS X : type mv sfk-mac-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk - Linux: type mv sfk-linux-64.exe sfk and chmod +x sfk then ./sfk OS X and Linux syntax may differ, check the help within the tool. sfk head [-lines=n] [-f[ollow] [filename] sfk ... +[t]head [-lines=n] 1. print first lines of a file, optionally following changes. to use file content processing, provide a single filename. 2. print first text lines procuded by a previous command. to process chain text thead is recommended. options -lines=n print first n lines (default is 10). -follow or -f waits for file changes, rereading from start. to post-process head output, e.g. with +filter, always add +loop at the end of the command sequence. head checks both file size and time for changes. -altsize use a different method to determine the file size (stat instead of seek). may help if the default method fails to read the file, or to improve performance. see also sfk filter -head=n read and search first n lines of text files. sfk view GUI tool to view all text files of a folder, then jump through file heads by ctrl+pageDown. web reference http://stahlworks.com/sfk-head examples sfk head readme.txt print first 10 lines of readme.txt type myfile.txt | sfk filter +thead -lines=50 filter first 50 lines from stdin, via sfk filter. sfk head -follow status.txt +filt -high Red error +loop show changes in status.txt, highlight "error" in red. sfk is a free open-source tool, running instantly without installation efforts. no DLL's, no registry changes - just get sfk.exe from the zip package and use it (binaries for windows, linux and mac are included). read more about all sfk functions here.
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