Re: [Nolug] Combining Grep and tail -f

Petri Laihonen wrote:
> Does anybody know how I could combine grep and tail -f.
>
> As you all probably know "tail -f /var/log/httpd/access_log" gives nice
> realtime viev for what is happening with your website(s)
>
> However, how would one weed out all the extra lines when the information
> from only one virtual host or specific file is needed?
> For example 'tail -f /var/log/httpd/access_log | grep -i "mydomain.tld"',
> would not give any results and if you reverse grep and tail, then only
> tail is effective.

something wrong with your pattern maybe. I do this all the time.
Alternatively:
tail -f /var/log/httpd/access_log | egrep -v "ignorepattern1|ignorepattern2"

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