Linux Tomcat log viewing utility command

Useful commands:

 

View the tomcat running log	tail -f catalina.out
View logs by keyword search	cat jeewx-2015-09-20.log | grep verification code
View Fixed Time Logs	cat jeewx-2015-09-20.log | grep   '2015-09-20 18:50:15'
View the last 50 lines of log	tail -n 50 -f catalina.out

 

 

Summary of Linux view log commands:

 

cat	show entire file
tail	The tail command is used to display the last few lines of a text file
head	View from the head of a text file, the head command is used to view the beginning of a text file
more	View logs as a percentage
less	Similar to the more function, except that less supports flipping through files before and after