Re: script to tail latest logfile in a directory?

[Scott D. Yelich]

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On 13 May 1999, Robin Bowes wrote:
> > >Before I do a bit of coding, has anyone written a script to identify the
> > >most recent log file and tail it, preferably switching files when the
> > >log file turns over?
> > Jeff Hayward's taildir does what you want. It's small, and I don't
> > have a URL, so I've attached a copy.
> Bingo!  I was sure I wouldn't be the only person needing to do this.

What's wrong with something like: tail -f `ls -rt | tail -1`
The only thing I wish tail would do is multi-tail... mtail...
tail -multi, tail file file file... etc.

Scott


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