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What command will allow me to view system messages in real time as they are written to the system log file? /var/log/messages is what i need to view THanks in ...
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    command that allows you to view system messages in real time as they are written

    What command will allow me to view system messages in real time as they are written to the system log file?

    /var/log/messages is what i need to view

    THanks in advance!

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    Code:
    tail -f /var/log/messages.log

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