A systems administrator wants to review the logs from an Apache 2 error.log file in real time and save the information to another file for later review. Which of the following commands should the…

The correct answer is D. tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log | tee logfile.txt. Using tee allows output to be viewed in real time on the terminal while simultaneously writing it to logfile.txt. This meets both requirements: monitoring live updates and saving them for later

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A systems administrator wants to review the logs from an Apache 2 error.log file in real time and save the information to another file for later review. Which of the following commands should the administrator use?

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Atail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log > logfile.txt
Btail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log | logfile.txt
Ctail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log >> logfile.txt
Dtail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log | tee logfile.txt

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A
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B
7% (3)
C
4% (2)
D
87% (39)

Explanation

Using tee allows output to be viewed in real time on the terminal while simultaneously writing it to logfile.txt. This meets both requirements: monitoring live updates and saving them for later

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#tail#tee#real-time logging#pipe redirection

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