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Why does less tail mode stop working?

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Mar 15, 20263304 views
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Using the command on linux in tail mode (F command or less -f) consistently stops working on certain machines and/or certain files. New changes simply stop showing up. I know I've fixed this before, long ago, but I don't recall what the solution was. Any ideas?

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Fix for: Why does less tail mode stop working?

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Try using . Even if the file has the same name, the process(es) updating it may be doing so in a way which changes the file's inode -- so from the OS point of view, it's a new file after the updates.

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