Re: script to tail latest logfile in a directory?

[Robin Bowes]

"Scott D. Yelich" wrote:
> 
> What's wrong with something like: tail -f `ls -rt | tail -1`

Erm, nothing.  Except that this won't switch files when the log rolls
over.  `ls -rt | tail -l' will only be executed once at start up.

Besides, "taildir" is less typing than "tail -f `ls -rt | tail -1`"

:o)

> The only thing I wish tail would do is multi-tail... mtail...
> tail -multi, tail file file file... etc.

You mean monitor several files at once?

R.
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