Can i watch the file contents while being updated?
 

Is there any method/tool to have a watch on the contents of a file while it is being updated? (ya ofcourse watching the updated contents!)

I think i did heard about the existence of such a thing somewhere.

tail
Check man pages for options.

cool:)

Hi

More specifically: tail -f filename

Ctrl - C to exit

Cheers

Hi, A nice addition to the above answers is the command "watch" i.e watch -d ls -l will update the change in a file's size every few seconds, much better then hitting ls -l repeatedly ;)
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