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Linux journlctl usage notes
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Journalctl

On newer Linux systems, especially Fedora based, journalctl often replaces the syslog output in /var/log/messages.

Monitoring syslog

Monitor new syslog entries (similar to tail -f /var/log/messages):

journalctl -f

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