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                 |  | UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4269- November 18, 2012
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MONITOR WITH TAIL 
Use tail with the -f option to monitor a file
 in real time. This useful for monitoring for
 errors, debugging issues, or just watch the
 current activity taking place.
 
 For Example:
 # tail -f /var/log/messages
 # tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/access_logs
 
 
 
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