Re: [cobalt-users] Maybe Not a Raq ??

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jerry Farquhar" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tried the "tail -f /var/log/maillog" but there is so much activity on the
> server that everything scrolls by so fast I can't read it fast enough to
see
> the results and when I tried to "cat /var/log/maillog" the again scrolled
so
> fast I'm assuming because of being a constantly updated file.
>
> Any way any suggestions as how to better watch the delivery of those
> specific test address's?

To check for specific strings only do:

# Real time
tail -f /var/log/maillog | grep <case_sensitive_string>

or

# Snapshot
cat /var/log/maillog | grep <case_sensitive_string>

Also "man more" and "man less" for programs which display output one screen
at a time.

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