UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Folks,

I have an application of which logs are being made on unix machine at the back end , i open putty and access that location

Code:

cd /var/log/abc.log

but those logs are getting refreshed after every minute or on every request and response Now I am opening those logs on putty but please advise me the unix command so that my logs are also get refreshed on putty as the logs are getting refreshed ..!! At last on putty I want to see the updated logs

PuTTY is a terminal emulator, not an editor.

Use tail -f to see as the log is being update.

Hi Scott,
I have been using tail -f abc.log but is there any better command..!!

tail -f is the best option.Please tell what exactly is your requirement ?

Hi ,
As the logs get updated and also in Putty they are getting updated what about if at later state I want to check the first initial 10 lines of log file(abc.log) or mid 10 lines as on putty the latest logs will be get displayed..!!

This is getting weirderer and weirderer!

WHY do you want to do that?

Combining all of your threads into one: Read the manual pages for head, tail, vi, find.

We have all of them here!