tail return weird outoput

fachhoch@gmail.com · 06-22-2012, 04:37 PM

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"