Rex::Commands::Tail(3p)

NAME
Rex::Commands::Tail - Tail a file

Version <= 1.0: All these functions will not be reported.

All these functions are not idempotent.

DESCRIPTION
With this module you can tail a file.

SYNOPSIS
 tail "/var/log/syslog";

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

  tail($file)
This function will tail the given file.

 task "syslog", "server01", sub {
   tail "/var/log/syslog";
 };

If you want to control the output format, you can define a callback function:

 task "syslog", "server01", sub {
   tail "/var/log/syslog", sub {
    my ($data) = @_;

    my $server = Rex->get_current_connection()->{'server'};

    print "$server>> $data\n";
   };
 };