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Created December 20, 2011 22:22
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Here is a nice way to filter out debugging messages from a log file.
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tail -f log/development.log | grep DEBUG
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parkerl commented Dec 20, 2011

It can also be useful to see a few lines before and after the message. This example shows 5 lines before and after as set by the -5 argument.

tail -f log/development.log | grep -5 DEBUG

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