HP R4.2 log, logCat, logCat, logCat, logCat, logCat, logdaemon, -d${LOGROOT}/data, A Summary of Commands, l{primary-log-prefix}

A Summary of Commands logCat

logCat

The logCat command reads the compressed logging files and outputs human readable messages.

Synopsis

logCat [-{tb} lines] [-a locant] [-z locant] [-v] [-c] [-m] [-r root] [-s locant] [-q locant] [-w width] [-p continuation-prefix] [-d data -l log-prefix file] [-f format] [-V]

Description

The logCat command reads in a file of compressed logging messages generated by log and expands them to a readable format.

The default action, with no arguments, is to list all log files of the type specified first in the Config file. For example, logCat -d${LOGROOT}/data - l{primary-log-prefix}. The options are as follows:

•-t lines — Tails the last “lines” of file.

•-b lines — Shows the beginning “lines” of file.

•-v— Specifies the verbose mode (that is, report the file names of the files examined).

•-c— Continuously displays the last lines of file. If the logdaemon switches to a new file, follow it.

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