With tail, you can view a Linux log file as the system writes to it in real time. So while you’re trying to troubleshoot that system, you can follow the syslog, the auth.log, ...

Log files on Linux can provide a lot of useful information on what's happening on your system. These commands can help you sort through the data and pinpoint problems.

There are two main methods of viewing Linux log files from the command line. The first is static and the second is in real-time. First, let’s take a look at the static method.

$ split -b100M bigfile Specifying Linux file sizes. File sizes can be specified in kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes … up to yottabytes! Just use the appropriate letter from K, M, G, T, P, E, Z and Y.

L is for Language, Linux, Log File, Load BalanceThe choice here has to be Linux.What is linux?Linux is a computer operating system (Windows and Mac OS X are also examples of operating systems).

What I need to do is be able to process Apache log files and isolate specific problems and glitches that are being encountered—a perfect use for a shell script. In fact, I have a script of this nature ...