monitor files (à la tail -f) in an entire directory (even new ones)
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I normally watch many logs in a directory doing
tail -f directory/*
.
The problem is that a new log is created after that, it will not show in the screen (because *
was expanded already).
Is there a way to monitor every file in a directory, even those that are created after the process has started?
Asked by santiagozky
(833 rep)
May 31, 2012, 10:48 AM
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