Hi Scott
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 07:44:25AM +0000, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> >> Of course the fact that I can't use all the tools available to
> >manipulate text
> >> files to follow or analyze logs is problematic. If I'm using
> >journalctl, how
> >> do I replicate 'tail -f /var/log/mail.loog'?
> >
> >journalctl -f SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=2
> >
> Do syslog facilities really have to be addressed by number rather than name?
> That seems like a horrible interface.
That's because you asked a pretty specific question and you've been
told the exact replacement.
However, you most likely don't actually want to tail this specific file.
It is a solution for a more abstract problem, e.g. "I want to see logs
from Postfix". And this question got a different answer.
Bastian
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