tail -f a log file redirected into a new window?

douknownam · June 1, 2004, 2:00pm

Is this possible? I am attempting to display a new xterm window and tail -f the log file within that new window. I am currently working on a solaris 8 machine if that has any different meaning than the other platforms. As you can see, I am a newbie to this forum and to UNIX. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Perderabo · June 1, 2004, 4:19pm

Try:
xterm -e tail -f /some/file &

douknownam · June 1, 2004, 4:34pm

THANK YOU!!! works great!