In Linux, if you are viewing a live log, log.txt, what is best command to view the last 10 lines of that log file, in real time?
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tail -n 10 -f log.txt
^^ note -f will keep showing lines at end of log file, as they get appended, in real time
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In Linux, if you are viewing a live log, log.txt, what is best command to view the last 10 lines of that log file, in real time?
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In Linux, if you are viewing a live log, log.txt, what is best command to view the last 10 lines of that log file, in real time?
Answer
tail -n 10 -f log.txt
^^ note -f will keep showing lines at end of log file, as they get appended, in real time
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4. Basic Commands ...] Writes the contents of all the files listed to the screen, reversing the order of the lines--that is, printing the last line of the file first. tac is cat backwards and behaves similarly. <span>tail [-f] [-n <lines>] <filename> Prints the last <lines> lines of a file or 10 lines if the -n option is not given. The -f option means to watch the file for lines being a
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