[TIP] Great Powershell command

[Metanis]

Get-Content C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log -tail 10 -wait

Substitute whatever log you'd like to monitor and it shows you the newest entries in real time. Great for watching a procedure run!

 

[britechguy]

Get-Content C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log -tail 10 -wait

Does this "auto refresh" if the log in question is actively being written to, even if you have to hit Enter to make it do so because of the -wait?

 

[Metanis]

Does this "auto refresh" if the log in question is actively being written to, even if you have to hit Enter to make it do so because of the -wait?

It auto refreshes. Once running you don't have to touch it again so long as you leave the window open.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Yeah -tail 10 means get the last 10 lines of the file. -Wait means basically repeat the tail every second... that is until you ctrl-c it.