Re: st: Log file

[Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk>]

--- On Tue, 21/9/10, Vassilopoulos Achilleas wrote:
> After running a complex procedure, I have a huge log file
> of more than 3,000,000 lines in smcl format. I'm
> interested in the last few lines of the file, where all
> the results are displayed in matrices. The problem is that
> it is impossible to go there using -page down- or the
> cursor on the side because it takes ages.

You can transform smcl log files quite easily into html log
files, which may be easier to handle. I have not tried this
in huge log files, but this approach may work for you:

*------------ begin example ------------
// make a log file
cd c:\temp
tempfile a 
log using `a'
sysuse auto, clear
reg mpg foreign i.rep78
log close

// transform it into html
log html `a' test, replace

// open it
view browse "test.html"
*------------- end example -------------

Hope this helps,
Maarten

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