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rodvan/linux tail log creator

Created March 4, 2016 16:33
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linux tail log creator
echo Usage: taillog [ nuber of lines to tail ]
tailpath1=/taillog.txt
tail -n $1 /var/log/*.log > $tailpath1
tail -n $1 /usr/local/apache/logs/*_log >> $tailpath1
tail -n $1 /var/log/messages >> $tailpath1
tail -n $1 /var/log/exim_mainlog >> $tailpath1
tail -n $1 /var/log/exim_paniclog >> $tailpath1
tail -n $1 /var/log/exim_rejectlog >> $tailpath1
tail -n $1 /var/log/xferlog >> $tailpath1
tail -n $1 /usr/local/cpanel/logs/*_log >> $tailpath1
vi $tailpath1
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