May 06, '08 07:30:04AM • Contributed by: brett_x
In context, This is how I use it. There are periods of time when I do a lot of searching through log files. In doing so, I'm often looking for a particular phrase, and I also need to see the log data around that time period. Using Console just doesn't cut it for me, because when I put the search term in, Console blocks out all other data in the file. Opening the log file in TextEdit will allow me to highlight each hit individually, which is better, but still not perfect.
When I use Safari, however, it highlights all of the hits, and grays-out the other text. This allows me to quickly find associations between the search phrase and other things happening at that time. Of course, as mentioned, I do have to get the data into a .txt or .rtf file to do this, but hopefully, Safari will support other plain text extensions in the future. (Right now, if you try to drop a .log file on Safari, it will show you where it is in the Finder.)
