How to tail all the log files inside a folder and subfolders?

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nakib picture nakib · Aug 19, 2013 · Viewed 47.4k times · Source

In Linux, using the command tailf, how can I tail several log files that are inside a folder and in the subfolders?

Answer

nakib picture nakib · Aug 19, 2013

To log all the files inside a folder, you can go to the folder and write

tailf *.log

To add the subfolders to the tailf command, use

tailf **/*.log

Instead of tailf you can also use tail -f. Of course, the regular expression can be improved to match only specific file names.

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