Can not open syslog

Question

The first command works, but geany can not open syslog? I am the owner of the copied syslog.

Why is that? The file is only 1.4 Mb.

cp /var/log/syslog /home/andy/Downloads/syslog.txt
geany /home/andy/Downloads/syslog.txt
#rm /home/andy/Downloads/syslog.txt

When geany tries to open it, it just opens a untitled file.

do you have any error messages? are you running it as user `andy`? probably a permission issue — Cagri, Sep 09 '22 at 02:01
Does this answer your question? [Text editor to edit large (4.3 GB) plain text file](https://askubuntu.com/questions/28847/text-editor-to-edit-large-4-3-gb-plain-text-file) — karel, Sep 09 '22 at 02:11
@karel I could not find any editor that was not very difficult to use and exit. — fixit7, Sep 09 '22 at 02:38
From the first sentence of the accepted answer to the linked question: "Another method is to use `split`. Split the file into 8 pieces and manipulate the files with an editor." — karel, Sep 09 '22 at 02:59
@fixit7 If the above link answered your question please click the "Yes" option to the right of "Does this answer your question?" in the light blue banner above your question. — karel, Sep 09 '22 at 03:41
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/139082/discussion-between-fixit7-and-karel). — fixit7, Sep 09 '22 at 03:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '22 at 02:53

Rather than spend a long time finding an editor to open a large file, I went with this. The last 1000 lines of syslog are enough to meet my needs.

 cd /home/andy/Downloads
    tail -n 1000 /var/log/syslog > syslog.txt
    geany syslog.txt
    rm syslog.txt

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