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# Equivalent of tail -f for Windows - monitor log file
- URL: https://www.bagz.fr/equivalent-of-tail-f-for-windows-monitor-log-file/
- Published: 2023-12-22T09:34:13.000Z
- Updated: 2023-12-22T09:34:13.000Z
- Author: bgazui
- Tags: Windows, #Migrated-1790668826633, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-29 08:00

It's easy on a linux system to monitor in real time the content of a log file by using

```
tail -f /var/log/my_file.log
```

If you want to do the same thing with windows, you can easily do that by using

```
Get-Content -Path 'C:\Windows\Temps\my_file.log' -Wait
```