This is a live view of a logfile on Linux. The file is located at /var/log/syslog.log. You can see the contents of the file by running the following command: ls -l /var/log/syslog You can also view the contents of the file using grep: grep -i ‘^.*syslog$’ /var/log/syslog
This will give you a scrolling view of the logfile. As new lines are added to the end, they will show up in your console screen.
For Ruby on Rails, for instance, you can view the development logfile by running the command from your project directory:
As with all linux apps, Ctrl+C will stop it.
