syslog tail

Display the last entries of the syslog. If no number is included, the command displays the entire syslog.

User Privileges

Users with the following privileges can perform this command:

>Admin

>Operator

>Monitor

Syntax

syslog tail -logname <logname> [-entries <#entries>] [-search <string>]

Argument(s)	Shortcut	Description
-entries <#entries>	-e	Specifies the number of entries to display. If this parameter is not specified, the entire log is displayed. Range: 0-4294967295
-logname <logname>	-l	Specifies the log name. Valid values: lunalogs,messages,secure,ntp,snmp NOTE: The hsm option is not available in this release. To see HSM-specific logs, use the messages option.
-search <string>	-s	Search for the specified string. NOTE: To search the logs for HSM Alarm messages, for example, include this option with the string "ALM".

Argument(s)

Shortcut

Description

-entries <#entries>

-e

Specifies the number of entries to display. If this parameter is not specified, the entire log is displayed.

Range: 0-4294967295

-logname <logname>

-l

Specifies the log name.

Valid values: lunalogs,messages,secure,ntp,snmp

NOTE: The hsm option is not available in this release. To see HSM-specific logs, use the messages option.

-search <string>

-s

Search for the specified string.

NOTE: To search the logs for HSM Alarm messages, for example, include this option with the string "ALM".

Example

lunash:>syslog tail -logname lunalogs -entries 8

2017 Mar  1 14:27:54 local_host  local5 info  hsm[32081]: STC policy is set to "OFF" on partition 66331 : Unknown ResultCode value
2017 Mar  1 14:27:55 local_host  local5 info  hsm[32120]: STC policy is set to "OFF" on partition 66331 : Unknown ResultCode value
2017 Mar  1 14:29:53 local_host  local5 info  hsm[3948]: STC policy is set to "OFF" on partition 66331 : Unknown ResultCode value
2017 Mar  1 14:29:59 local_host  local5 info  lunash [29529]: info : 0 : Command: syslog remotehost add  : admin : 10.124.0.87/61470
2017 Mar  1 14:30:37 local_host  local5 info  hsm[5511]: STC policy is set to "OFF" on partition 66331 : Unknown ResultCode value
2017 Mar  1 14:30:48 local_host  local5 info  lunash [29529]: info : 0 : Command: syslog remotehost list  : admin : 10.124.0.87/61470
2017 Mar  1 14:33:10 local_host  local5 info  lunash [29529]: info : 0 : Command: syslog severity set  : admin : 10.124.0.87/61470
2017 Mar  1 14:33:47 local_host  local5 info  lunash [29529]: info : 0 : Command: syslog severity set -logname lunalogs -loglevel crit : admin : 10.124.0.87/61470

Command Result : 0 (Success)

Error message when using -logname hsm

lunash:>syslog tail -logname hsm

HSM log does not exist

Command Result : 65535 (Luna Shell execution)