http://wiki.johnfreier.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Linux_tailLinux tail - Revision history2026-05-20T11:22:24ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.24.1http://wiki.johnfreier.com/index.php?title=Linux_tail&diff=422&oldid=prevJfreier: Created page with 'Tail is a tool for reading logs. == Follow == Follow a log and auto update when log appends. tail -f server.log == Number of Lines == Get the last number of lines in a lo…'2011-10-04T19:29:33Z<p>Created page with 'Tail is a tool for reading logs. == Follow == Follow a log and auto update when log appends. tail -f server.log == Number of Lines == Get the last number of lines in a lo…'</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Tail is a tool for reading logs.<br />
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== Follow ==<br />
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Follow a log and auto update when log appends.<br />
tail -f server.log<br />
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== Number of Lines ==<br />
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Get the last number of lines in a log file.<br />
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This example gets the last 100 lines in the log.<br />
tail -100 server.log</div>Jfreier