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Asked: June 9, 20262026-06-09T19:06:14+00:00 2026-06-09T19:06:14+00:00

Is there a linux command which I can use to monitor a log file?

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Is there a linux command which I can use to monitor a log file? For example there is a command top and when I execute it I can see the recent changes of CPU usage, Memory usage and so on. Is there some similar command to use to watch the changes of some log file?

I can use tail -500 myFile.log, but every time I have to execute it to see the recent changes.

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    2026-06-09T19:06:15+00:00Added an answer on June 9, 2026 at 7:06 pm

    Use

    tail -f myFile.log
    

    I need to supply more text, but I don’t really know what else to write, so I’m just typing random garbage here.

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