Top "Tail" questions

Web implementation of "tail -f filename"?

I have a log file and want to create a webpage (possibly Python but not strictly) that will work much …

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How can I remove all but the last 10 lines from a file?

Is it possible to keep only the last 10 lines of a lines with a simple shell command? tail -n 10 test.…

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Shell function to tail a log file for a specific string for a specific time

I need to the following things to make sure my application server is Tail a log file for a specific …

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Permanent fix to tail: cannot watch `log/development.log': No space left on device

I've been using Ubuntu 11.10 for a little over a week now. But after some time I encountered this error(the …

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Development.log log file isn't logging Rails SQL queries

I am following Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial Here: http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/modeling-and-viewing-users-one#top I use this command to …

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tail -f into grep into cut not working properly

i'm trying to build a shell script to monitor some log files. I'm using a command like this: tail -f /…

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How do I make a function involving futures tail recursive?

In my Scala app, I have a function that calls a function which returns a result of type Future[T]. …

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What is difference between tail -f and tailf in unix?

I try to show tail of a text file. If file is small, there is no difference. However if file …

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How to continuously tail remote files using ansible?

How is it possible to tail a file located at several remote servers in a known location using ansible? This …

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Piping tail output though grep twice

Going with a typical Apache access log, you can run: tail -f access_log | grep "127.0.0.1" Which will only show you …

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