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barnd3

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real-time log

times a stupid question...
is there a command or command to display a real-time log?

schard

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Re: real-time log

Do you mean something like

journalctl --follow

?

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barnd3

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Re: real-time log

looks good already...
But does not seem to log everything!?

V1del

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Re: real-time log

I smell a XY Problem. What exactly are you looking for? What problem are you trying to diagnose, why do you think it should show up in the journal, what exactly makes you prompt this question? Random shot, unless you're in the wheel group you'll only get the user journal, if you want to check system services/kernel events, run the journal command as root.

Last edited by V1del (2023-04-18 10:27:25)

schard

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Re: real-time log

The magic group is actually systemd-journal.
But adm and wheel work, too.

But does not seem to log everything!?

No. Of course not. Nothing logs everything.
E.g. it does not log pacman transactions, which can be found in /var/log/pacman.log.
It also does not log my bank account transactions or remaining amount of staples in my stapler.
https://youtu.be/brfqm9k6qzc?t=420

Last edited by schard (2023-04-18 10:56:59)

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Stefan Husmann

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Re: real-time log

What about tail -f?

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Re: real-time log

What about tail -f?

Does it log everything though?
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Re: real-time log

Nothing logs everything.

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barnd3

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Re: real-time log

ok ok thanks for the comments and suggestions, enough for me....

Stefan Husmann

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Re: real-time log

What about tail -f?

Does it log everything though?
scnr

I just encountered that /var/log/everything is gone ... OMG!

Last edited by Stefan Husmann (2023-04-18 14:50:55)