The UNIX and Linux Forums  
Hello and Welcome from United States to the UNIX and Linux Forums! Thank You for Visiting and Joining Our Global Community.

Go Back   The UNIX and Linux Forums > Top Forums > Shell Programming and Scripting
Reload this Page tail -f
.
google unix.com

Forums Register Forum RulesLinksAlbums FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read



Thread: tail -f
View Single Post in the UNIX and Linux Forums - Click on the Thread or Permalink to View Entire Thread -->
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 04-10-2007
srikanthus2002's Avatar
srikanthus2002 srikanthus2002 is offline
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Can u guess...!
Posts: 160
"tail -f" command shows just last 10 lines and it keeps on refreshing...

Can you show us output of "tail -f a.log | grep fail" ?


It would be helpout to give a suggesion...