Bash script log file display to screen continuously Bash script log file display to screen continuously linux linux

Bash script log file display to screen continuously


linux bash logging

Try the tail command:

tail -f filename

linux bash logging

Another solution is 

 less +F filename

or just less filename and typing "F" into it (pressing shift+f). It can be better than tail, because it allows you to cancel continuous printing temporary, go backward to look something and reenable it with "F" (shift+f) again

linux bash logging

The watch command can also be of use.

watch tail logfile

Would show you the last 5 lines of the log file. It can be extended to any command which prints stuff to stdout.

Yes, using tail -f is the traditional solution, but depending on what you are trying to do, this might work better.

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