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diff --git a/doc/README.follow b/doc/README.follow new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9ef923b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/README.follow @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ + + follow 0.1 README + +This mini-program is mainly intended for debugging powwow. +It is completely standalone, and needs to be called with a file-name +(example: "follow mycapture"). +Hitting ESC or ^C quits "follow", hitting RETURN prints the next line +of the file, any other key prints the next character (only one) of the file + +I know it is a _stupid_ program, but it is useful if you find screen-related +bugs in powwow, i.e. powwow does not print some lines or prints something +wrong. +In that case, if you redirect powwow output to a file and reproduce the bug, +you can use "follow your-filename" to examine the file and see what is wrong + +How to send a copy of powwow output to a file: +powwow your-arguments | tee your-filename + |