Skip to main content

Powershell: Get-Content - tail command on Windows

Love tail command on Linux? Try Get-Content with Powershell 3.0+.

Powershell Get-Content

Example: Keep reading the last 20 lines from C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log file

PS C:\> Get-Content C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log -Tail 20 -Wait
Read 20 last line from C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log file
Read 20 last line from C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log file

Count how many lines in a text file

PS C:\> (Get-Content C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log).Count
Labels:

Popular posts from this blog

Powershell: Remove-Item

Use Remove-Item to delete files, folders, and more than that
Read more

Linux command: top

NAME        top - display Linux processes SYNOPSIS        top -hv|-bcHiOSs -d secs -n max -u|U user -p pid -o fld -w [cols]        The traditional switches `-' and whitespace are optional. DESCRIPTION        The  top program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running system.  It can display        system summary information as well as a list of processes or  threads  currently  being        managed  by  the  Linux  kernel.  The types of system summary information shown and the        types, order and size of information displayed for processes are all user  configurable        and that configuration can be made persistent across restarts.        The  program  provides a limited interactive interface for process manipulation ...
Read more