Is it possible to duplicate the behavior of 'tail -f /var/log/maillog' with systemctl status?

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On a CentOS 7.3 server, I would like to watch the logs in real time for postfix. I can currently see some detail by issuing:

systemctl status postfix -l

However, this exits. I want a command I can run that will show me the journal entries as they appear and not exit until I want it to. Any ideas?

The duplicate Q is now listed at the top of your question. – Jeff Schaller Apr 07 '17 at 00:41 — Jeff Schaller, Apr 07 '17 at 00:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 06 '17 at 01:18

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 sudo journalctl -fu postfix

See man journalctl for details.

answered Apr 06 '17 at 01:18

Mark Stosberg

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