How to format log output to make it more readable

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Let's assume that you have to read data written in some log file, which is, as usually, pretty hard to read. By adding a little code at the right place, things could be made much easier.

Code: Select all

some-command | cut -b 1-80

Explanation:

• cut will remove sections from each line of files
• b will select only these bytes