The Pythoning

Scrapbooking useful Python programming ephemera and:

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Mar 30

tail

-f, --follow

output appended data as the file grows

-s, --sleep-interval=S

with -f, sleep for approximately S seconds (default 1.0) between iterations

--retry

keep trying to open a file even when it is or becomes inaccessible; useful when following by name, i.e., with —follow=name

-F

same as —follow=name —retry