Output the last part of files.
Output the last part of files, print the last part (10 lines by default) of each FILE; tail reads from standard input if no files are given or when given a FILE of `-'.
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I want to exclude specific words from the results when piping tail into grep
I am using "tail -f /var/log/fail2ban.log -f /var/log/ufw.log | grep -e Ban -e BLOCK -e ALLOW" (without the quotes) and it is working but I want to exclude the results that have the words UDP and ICMP in them. When I try "tail -f…
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Delay in NFS Client file Updation in NFS Server
We have an NFS server and our custom board which is our NFS Client. We are generating a log file as part of our custom application. This log file is getting generated in the root file system of the board(NFS client) immediately after the application…
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Linux cli pipeline command tail and grep
I am using tail to monitor a log file and using grep to filer the keyword.
tail -F somefile.log | grep "keyword" is working
tail -F somefile.log | awk '{print $4}' is working
but if to put them together is not working, like tail -F somefile.log |…
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How to tail server.log and grep multiple text combination?
The server log is too large, I would like to grep the logs which has "/API/login" and "/API/init" from the server log.
I'm able to use:
tail -f /server.log | grep -i "/API/login"
to capture those with "/API/Login"
How to add in another condition to…
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Windows Small Business Server 2011 64 Bit - where to find tail
I am looking for a tail alternative which can be installed on a Windows Small Business Server 2011 64 Bit (from this old thread)? I tried mTail, LogViewer and both failed. Do you have any suggestion for me?
I tried
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Omit certain lines from tail -f
I like tail -f but I like to omit lines that have a certain string in them.
Is this possible?
I have seen example to include certain string but not how to omit.
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