How to View Linux Logs Quickly

1 year ago
Noah Thompson
1 minute

There are several ways to quickly view Linux log files.

  1. Utilize command line tools: you can use tools like cat, less, more, etc. to view log files. For example, you can use cat /var/log/syslog to view the system log file.
  2. Utilize log viewing tools: Some log viewing tools such as journalctl (systemd log manager), dmesg (kernel log), etc., make it easy to view various types of logs.
  3. Utilize graphical interface tools: Some graphical interface tools such as gnome-system-log (GNOME desktop environment) and KSystemLog (KDE desktop environment) offer a more intuitive way to view logs.

No matter which method is used, information can be quickly found through functions like filtering and sorting.

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