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by fidz 4097 days ago
Thanks! This is really great trick. I will obviously use less +F for tailing single file.

Meanwhile, tail -f still useful for simple tailing to multiple machine, like

    function dogfight_tail {
     logfile=/var/log/nginx/access.log
     pids=""
     for box in 02 03; do
       ssh lb$box tail -f $logfile | grep " 500 " & # find error machines
       pids="$pids $!"
     done
     trap 'kill -9 $pids' SIGINT
     trap  wait
    }

    dogfight_tail