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From: Josef Sachs <sachs@cyb.org>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: monitor screen output
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:24:30 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <26418.15822.670740.959533@panix2.panix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH+w=7b8xGrvYouyYkgN4TmZyOp25Qxpfpy7tMv3vP6J054Uuw@mail.gmail.com>

>>>>> On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:49:37 -0800, Bart Schaefer said:

> On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 8:45 AM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
> wrote:
>> 
>> Can zsh monitor screen output in a backgroundy sort of way?

> No.  That would need to be a function of the terminal itself (or
> terminal emulator, which might have a better chance).

> Otherwise if you direct those messages to a file, there are various
> ways (still not directly part of zsh) to monitor file changes.

Perhaps consider expect. The Wikipedia page also lists some alternatives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expect


  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-11-11 17:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-11 16:44 Ray Andrews
2024-11-11 16:49 ` Bart Schaefer
2024-11-11 17:18   ` Ray Andrews
2024-11-11 18:13     ` Eric Pruitt
2024-11-11 21:45       ` Ray Andrews
2024-11-11 17:24   ` Josef Sachs [this message]
2024-11-11 18:01     ` Ray Andrews
2024-11-11 21:35 ` Sebastian Stark
2024-11-11 21:48   ` Ray Andrews

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