multitail(1) General Commands Manual multitail(1) NAME multitail - watch output sent to a file SYNOPSIS multitail [ -E ] [ -e ] filename DESCRIPTION multitail opens the named file for reading, and outputs data appended to the file as it grows. If a new file is put in place of the original file- name, the original file is closed and the file is reopened. OPTIONS -E Seek to the end of file before producing any output from the origi- nal file. This is the default. -e Do not seek to the end of file before producing any output. This will cause the entire file to be output. SEE ALSO multilog, tail(1) NOTES This program is useful for watching output written to the current log file produced by multitail. multitail is very similar to GNU tail. An equivalent command would be: tail -n -0 --follow=name FILENAME RESTRICTIONS multitail can't count lines or bytes from the beginning or end of the file. If you need these features, download and install GNU textutils. multitail(1)
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