On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 10:26, Pascal via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > hello, > when I use journalctl to track system events, I introduce line breaks for > better readability. > like multitail, I would like to introduce more verbose line breaks... > I wrote these few lines but it doesn't work as expected : > > exec 6<&0 > exec 0< <( while :; do read -sn1 k; echo $'\n'"# $( date +%H:%M:%S ) > -------------------------------------------"$'\n'; done ) > journalctl -f > exec 0<&6 6<&- > > the second instruction "exec 0< <( while..." played alone works perfectly > in my terminal, but not as a redirection for journalctl. > any leads ? > regards, lacsaP. Why don't you just replace the PAGER/SYSTEMD_PAGER from less to your own tool (multitail even? never used it). -- damjan
