If you’re a systems administrator, you know the importance of log files. Without those crucial bits of saved information, you might not know where to start troubleshooting issues on your servers ...

Explore the -f option to follow a file as it grows, ideal for monitoring log files. Combine -f with -n to view both new lines and a specific number of old lines. Discover how to use Ctrl + C to exit ...

If you really want to see what's happening beneath the hood of your Linux distribution, you need to use log files.

The tail command makes it easy to view log entries as they are written in real-time. Jack Wallen shows you how to make use of this indispensable tool.

Viewing the content of files and examining access permissions and such are very different options. This post examines a number of ways to look at files on Linux.