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hashmath415_349
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Apr 27, 2018

TMSH command should work continously

Hi   im using SSH with putty with following command tmsh tailf /var/log/ltm to see continuously logs but after few hours the command is not working means the logs are not showing again i want to...
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  • Dan_73594's avatar
    Dan_73594
    Apr 27, 2018

    Hi There,

     

    "tail -f" outputs appended data as the file grows. This should give you the behavior you are looking for. You can check the man pages for tail and tailf to see the difference.

     

    Hope that helps,

     

    Dan

     

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Dan_73594
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Apr 27, 2018

Hi There,

 

"tail -f" outputs appended data as the file grows. This should give you the behavior you are looking for. You can check the man pages for tail and tailf to see the difference.

 

Hope that helps,

 

Dan

 

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    hashmath415_349
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    Apr 28, 2018

    Thanks for your feedback

     

    It means i want to use tail -f command to see the difference and i want to check is it correct

     

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    boneyard
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    Apr 28, 2018

    be sure to let us know if it works out for you.

     

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    hashmath415_349
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    May 03, 2018

    Thanks Bro,

     

    It's working