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fachhoch@gmail.com 06-22-2012 04:37 PM
tail return weird outoput
 
I use tail to see my log files.

tail - f /opt/tomcat/logs/catalina.out


It always worked before but today when I run the above command

I get a different oputput



Code:
[ec2-user@ip-10-35-66-50 ~]$ tail  - f /opt/tomcat/logs/catalina.out
==> standard input <==
^C
why tail is not working?

anomie 06-22-2012 04:44 PM
Remove the space between - and f. (You're telling tail(1) to read from stdin.)

Kustom42 06-22-2012 04:44 PM
you have a space between your "-" and your "f"


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