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  1. Jenkins
  2. JENKINS-4815

Allow for "head" of the console output

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      In our testing we often have fairly large execution log files created.
      Currently we can see the "tail" of a log file (default view) and also download
      the full log via hudson. However, we need to be able to look up the settings
      from the beginning of the execution file. Since our output file is big, it
      takes a very long time for firefox to download it, and on rare occasions it
      crashes the browser.

      It would be great, to have an ability to see the beginning of the file (e.g. as
      much of it, as we see of the end of it by default).

          [JENKINS-4815] Allow for "head" of the console output

          Jesse Glick added a comment -

          Tip: if you use the NetBeans IDE and register the server, you can get the
          complete console from a running or finished build in the Output Window. This can
          handle large blocks of text more easily than a web browser, and displays what it
          gets incrementally (you can stop downloading whenever you like).

          Another option for Unix users is

          wget $hudson/job/$jobname/$build/consoleText | head -1000

          or pipe to fgrep etc.

          Jesse Glick added a comment - Tip: if you use the NetBeans IDE and register the server, you can get the complete console from a running or finished build in the Output Window. This can handle large blocks of text more easily than a web browser, and displays what it gets incrementally (you can stop downloading whenever you like). Another option for Unix users is wget $hudson/job/$jobname/$build/consoleText | head -1000 or pipe to fgrep etc.

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