how to auto refresh a file that open by vi command
 

i would like to monitor a file called fileA. A program will write into this files. how could I auto refresh the fileA that open by vi command?

Assuming you are using vim, there are several solutions here.

Just thinking aloud; 'tail -f' might work for what you want.

i try:

:set autoread

it does not work...

It doesn't work for me either but this does:EDIT: terminate it with Ctrl+C

hi catkin,
it is working!
thx

btw, could you explain on the command, the command is a bit long

I found it by netsearching and am not familiar with the vi commands used.

:help nolz explains the first part.

The rest is a macro with an infinite loop, with a 1 second delay. Use :help e, :help redraw and and :help $ for the rest.

thx

lz seems to be lazyredraw. So nolz is not to do lazy draw.

I found it in this thread:
http://vim.1045645.n5.nabble.com/Fin...td1192575.html
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