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10-19-2011

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How to tail -f real time file.

How to tail -f real time file.

I want to tail file created last time.
The server is gen new file Always.

.

An example file.

Code:

-rw-r--r--  1 shinnie tiituck 251M Oct 18 05:39 20111018_00.log
-rw-r--r--  1 shinnie tiituck 251M Oct 18 11:18 20111018_01.log
-rw-r--r--  1 shinnie tiituck 250M Oct 18 16:56 20111018_02.log
-rw-r--r--  1 shinnie tiituck 251M Oct 18 22:34 20111018_03.log
-rw-r--r--  1 shinnie tiituck  64M Oct 18 23:59 20111018_04.log
-rw-r--r--  1 shinnie tiituck 251M Oct 19 05:38 20111019_00.log
-rw-r--r--  1 shinnie tiituck 251M Oct 19 11:17 20111019_01.log
-rw-r--r--  1 shinnie tiituck 251M Oct 19 16:48 20111019_02.log
-rw-r--r--  1 shinnie tiituck 251M Oct 19 22:25 20111019_03.log
-rw-r--r--  1 shinnie tiituck  70M Oct 19 23:59 20111019_04.log

I can use this command it.

Code:

tail -f 201110??_??.log |grep "same key word"

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mtail

MTAIL(1)							   User Commands							  MTAIL(1)

NAME

       mtail - tail variant designed for web developers monitoring logfiles

SYNOPSIS

       mtail [options]	<file>...

DESCRIPTION

       MonkeyTail  allows  a  user to tail multiple files on both local and remote hosts and clearly marks inactivity by putting 5 newlines in the
       output whenever a pause in output over 3 seconds is detected.

       MonkeyTail is implemented a fairly simple wrapper script around standard tail, ssh, and sudo.

OPTIONS

       -q     Quiet mode

       --quiet
	      "    "

       -n     Output the last N lines of each file before tailing (defaults to 0)

       <file>...
	      Files to tail.

	      These can specified in the following ways:

       @<groupname>
	      - expands the group (from .mtailrc) to a list of

	      files to tail

       <filename>
	      - tails a local file.

       +<filename>		- attempts to sudo and tail a local file (will
	      prompt for pwd if required).

       <remotehost>:<filename>
	      - attempts to invoke tail via ssh on a remote

	      host.

       +<remotehost>:<filename> - attempts to invoke sudo tail via ssh on a
	      remote host (will prompt for pwd if required).

SEE ALSO

       mtailrc(5), tail(1)

AUTHOR

       Martyn Smith <martyn@dollyfish.net.nz>

mtail								     May 2008								  MTAIL(1)