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  • Are you looking for a Windows client/tool? Or something *nix related? If you're looking at something for Windows, I can recommend BareTail baremetalsoft.com/baretail
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  • Are you looking for a Windows client/tool? Or something *nix related? If you're looking at something for Windows, I can recommend BareTail baremetalsoft.com/baretail
    – spikey_richie
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    @spikey_richie Thanks for suggestion but I was asking about Unix/Linux. I've updated the tags.
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  • Are you looking for a Windows client/tool? Or something *nix related? If you're looking at something for Windows, I can recommend BareTail baremetalsoft.com/baretail
    – spikey_richie
    Nov 22 at 13:11








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    @spikey_richie Thanks for suggestion but I was asking about Unix/Linux. I've updated the tags.
    – George Sovetov
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Are you looking for a Windows client/tool? Or something *nix related? If you're looking at something for Windows, I can recommend BareTail baremetalsoft.com/baretail
– spikey_richie
Nov 22 at 13:11






Are you looking for a Windows client/tool? Or something *nix related? If you're looking at something for Windows, I can recommend BareTail baremetalsoft.com/baretail
– spikey_richie
Nov 22 at 13:11






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@spikey_richie Thanks for suggestion but I was asking about Unix/Linux. I've updated the tags.
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@spikey_richie Thanks for suggestion but I was asking about Unix/Linux. I've updated the tags.
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  • It doesn't work... I have to exit and run this again. What does tail -F sends to pipe when it detects that file has been replaced?
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  • It doesn't work... I have to exit and run this again. What does tail -F sends to pipe when it detects that file has been replaced?
    – George Sovetov
    Nov 22 at 17:46










  • The contents of the new file.
    – Eugen Rieck
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  • It doesn't work... I have to exit and run this again. What does tail -F sends to pipe when it detects that file has been replaced?
    – George Sovetov
    Nov 22 at 17:46










  • The contents of the new file.
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    Nov 23 at 8:25
















It doesn't work... I have to exit and run this again. What does tail -F sends to pipe when it detects that file has been replaced?
– George Sovetov
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It doesn't work... I have to exit and run this again. What does tail -F sends to pipe when it detects that file has been replaced?
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Nov 22 at 17:46












The contents of the new file.
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The contents of the new file.
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