Just saw this recently: http://blog.libinpan.com/2009/07/less-is-better-than-tail/ http://blog.libinpan.com/2009/07/less-is-better-than-tail/ -- use less +F ins

Just saw this recently: http://blog.libinpan.com/2009/07/less-is-better-than-tail/ http://blog.libinpan.com/2009/07/less-is-better-than-tail/ -- use less +F instead of tail -f