The tail command makes it easy to view log entries as they are written in real-time. Jack Wallen shows you how to make use of this indispensable tool. One of the single most helpful tools in your ...

This must-know Linux command will make troubleshooting considerably easier. Quick: What’s the first thing you do when you need to troubleshoot a Linux server? If you answered, “Check log files,” give ...

Log files. They're there for a reason -- to keep track of what goes on behind the velvet curtain of your operating system. When things go wrong, entries are added to those log files, so you can view ...

Viewing the content of files and examining access permissions and such are very different options. This post examines a number of ways to look at files on Linux. There are a number of ways to view ...

The logrotate facility provides an automatic way for log files to roll over, basically ensuring that they don’t grow so large that they consume too much space on your disk. This also makes them more ...