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Re: Tail bug when following non-existent files and skipping lines (tail


From: Jon Hart
Subject: Re: Tail bug when following non-existent files and skipping lines (tail -F -n +2)
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:35:35 -0700

Yes -n/--lines certainly becomes more complicated when files are being
rotated.  In my case the file is not getting rotated but simply does not
exist yet.

My work around is to wait for the file to exist first and then run the tail.

-jon

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