How can I view journal messages when they are written?

Question

I am debugging a new application that crashes. I want to watch messages when they are logged. Which command should I use?

Answer 1

If you are using a unixy system and your log is a file, you want to tail -f <filename>.

If you are on a Windows system, portstail are available (hat tip - Dave Webb).

Answer 2

If you are on Mac OS X, launch the console (in / Applications / Utilities). This is a nice graphical interface for viewing and searching magazines.

Answer 3

baretail

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

$ tail -f log_file_name &

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Answer 7

cygwin Windows

tail -f ./logfile

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Answer 8

Windows, LogExpert, Baretail, : http://logexpert.codeplex.com/

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both windows are only unfortunately. I usually run android on the MAC and share the log file created by adb using a Windows machine that parses the log file on the fly using LogExpert.