Watch tomcat log file in Windows

Question

When I was working on Ubuntu, I used the following command to watch changes on catalina.out :

tail -f /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out

But now I changed to Windows, and I can't find how to do it.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You have several options:

1. Install Cygwin, Mingw64 or GNU Utilities and you will have "tail" command

2. Use PowerShell and something like: Get-Content catalina.out -Wait

3. Use external tool like Notepad++: https://www.raymond.cc/blog/monitor-log-or-text-file-changes-in-real-time-with-notepad/