On Mon, 15.07.13 16:42, Chris Adams (linux@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > Once upon a time, Lennart Poettering <mzerqung@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > On Mon, 15.07.13 16:38, Chris Adams (linux@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > > And, despite your statement to the contrary, "journalctl" (without -f) > > > does truncate long lines. The difference is that "journalctl" just > > > chops them off, while "journalctl -f" does the nutty "chop characters > > > columns-4 to linelength-1 and replace them with dots" bit. > > > > You are aware that you can scroll to the right in "less"? Just press the > > arrow key to the left. > > I assume you mean "arrow key to the right", but that doesn't work when I > run "journalctl". I get "No next file" (and "No previous file" for > left-arrow). Yes, to the right. You are using less as a pager I presume? Scrolling to the right certainly works here. Please file a bug against less if it doesn't for you. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel