debian man page for xtail

XTAIL(1)						      General Commands Manual							  XTAIL(1)

NAME
       xtail - Watch the growth of files.

SYNTAX
       xtail entry ...

DESCRIPTION
       Xtail  monitors one or more files, and displays all data written to a file since command invocation.  It is very useful for monitoring mul-
       tiple logfiles simultaneously.

       If an entry given on the command line is a directory, all files in that directory will be monitored,  including	those  created	after  the
       xtail  invocation.  If an entry given on the command line doesn't exist, xtail will watch for it and monitor it once created.  When switch-
       ing files in the display, a banner showing the pathname of the file is printed.

       An interrupt character (usually CTRL/C or DEL) will display a list of the most recently modified files being watched.  Send a  quit  signal
       (usually CTRL/backslash) to stop xtail.

SEE ALSO
       tail(1)

NOTES
       Xtail  may be easily confused.  For example, if you ask it to monitor a file multiple times, it probably will.  If you misspell a filename,
       xtail will treat it as a nonexistent entry and happily wait for its creation.

       My favorite use is "xtail /usr/spool/uucp/.Log/*".

AUTHOR
       Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>

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