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qstail

QSTAIL(1)							  qstail man page							 QSTAIL(1)

NAME

       qstail - Utility prints the end of a log file starting at the specified pattern.

SYNOPSIS

       qstail -i <path> -p <pattern>

DESCRIPTION

       qstail  shows  the end of a log file beginning with the line containing the specified pattern. This may be used to show all lines which has
       been written after a certain event (e.g., server restart) or time stamp.

OPTIONS

       -i <path>
	      Input file to read the data from.

       -p <pattern>
	      Search pattern (literal string).

SEE ALSO

       qsexec(1), qsfilter2(1), qsgeo(1), qsgrep(1), qslog(1), qslogger(1), qspng(1), qsrotate(1), qssign(1)

AUTHOR

       Pascal Buchbinder, http://opensource.adnovum.ch/mod_qos/

mod_qos utilities 10.8						     June 2012								 QSTAIL(1)

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