Re: How do you check for alert log file for the latest error ?

On 11/20/06, Solo Mahi <solo.erp_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> Cant we check the latest error of the alert log files by
>
> tail -f alert.log
>
> I think we can continously get the latest error . If I am wrong then do
> please correct me.
>
> Thanks
>
>

With tail you will get the last ines in the file, but nothing that tells you the last lines with errors in them, to get those you need to search.
tail -f just prints the last lines of the file as they are written to it

/johan

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