Multiple tail programme

[Kenneth Herron]

colemanm at cheops.qld.tne.oz.au (Mark Coleman) writes:

>Sorry if this is a FAQ but I'm looking for a version of 'tail' that allows me
>display the updates to files from multiple files.

>e.g.  $ tail -f <file1> <file2> <file3>

#!/bin/sh
# mtail -- tail -f on multiple files at once

for file in $*
do
	tail -f $file &
done
exit 0

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The ability to specify arguments to the tail calls is left as an
excercise for the reader.
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Kenneth Herron                                            kherron at ms.uky.edu
University of Kentucky                                        (606) 257-2975
Department of Mathematics 
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