Powershell Tip #16: Unix tail equivalent command (to monitor a file)

By powershellgu | August 4, 2015

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Tip: You can monitor the latest changes of a file (example: a log file with the latest logons).

Get-Content -Path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log' -Tail 10 -Wait

-Tail 10 : to display the latest 10 lines of the file

-Wait : to see the updates in real time

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