A Windows equivalent of the Unix tail command [clo

Question

I'm looking for the equivalent of the Unix 'tail' command that will allow me to watch the output of a log file while it is being written to.

Answer 1

DOS's type works like *nux's cat, though just like cat, it does dump the whole file, so it's not really a true tail, but it's going to be available in a pinch without downloading/installing a true tail substitute.

Answer 2

Install MKS Toolkit... So that you can run all Unix commands on Windows.

The command is:

tail -f <file-name>  

Answer 3

I've used Tail For Windows. Certainly not as elegant as using

tail

but then, you're using Windows. ;)

Answer 4

I've used Mtail recently and it seems to work well. This is the GUI type like baretail mentioned above.

Answer 5

DOS has no tail command; you can download a Windows binary for GNU tail and other GNU tools here.

Answer 6

Download the tail command, part of Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools from Microsoft itself.