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The Tuesday 2006-11-28 at 12:06 +0200, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
> I am viewing the /var/log/messages file and as there are alot of entries in it
> and it is constantly being updated, I wondered if there was a way to display
> an updating grep on the file without having to create a script and
> corresponding cron entry to run every time the file is updated ie
> #tailf /var/log/messages|grep backup
>
> Just wondering if its possible.
Of course it works. Did you try? :-)
Also, you can taylor syslog-ng to create a separate log file filtered with
what you want in it.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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