log | txt

13 Mar

Important Logs

First show system events. Second command show events inherent to the process of booting kernel.


tail /var/log/messages
tail /var/log/dmesg

16 Sep

Find all files with ‘.log’ extention and make an bzip archive


find /var/log -name '*.log' | tar cv --files-from=- | bzip2 > log.tar.bz2

21 Feb

View in real time what is added to a file. -f stands for Follow


tail -f /var/log/messages

28 Dec

The last command shows a history of logins…


last

02 Sep

This command will let you watch a log file for changes as soon as they happen.


tail -f log/development.log