This program will print the content of a file and then waits for a change of the file and prints the added content.

follow.c

/*
 * This program will print the content of a file and then waits for a change of the file and prints the added content.
 * Author: AdriDoesThings <adri@adridoesthings.com>
 */

#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/inotify.h>
#include <signal.h>

#define BUFFER_SIZE 255

int fd;
int ifd;
int wfd;

typedef struct {
        char* file;
        int skip_n_line; // -1 if all lines should be skipped
} args_t;

void print_usage(FILE* file, char* exec) {
        fprintf(file, "Usage: %s [OPTIONS] FILE\nPrint the output of a file and print the new content when new content is added to the file.\n\nOptions:\n\t-s, --skip-lines\tSkip the first n lines. Set this value to 'a' to skip all lines while first printing.\n\t-h, --help\tPrint this help.\n", exec);
}

/*
 * Parse arguments (argc long string list in argv) to args
 * Returns:
 * - 1: success but the program should exit with EXIT_SUCCESS right now
 * - 0: success, args contains the arguments
 * - -1: error, program should exit with EXIT_FAILURE now
 */
int parse_args(args_t *args, int argc, char **argv) {
        args->file = NULL;
        args->skip_n_line = 0;

        for (size_t i=1; i < argc; i++) { // start at i=1, first argument is executable
                if (strcmp(argv[i], "-h") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "--help") == 0) {
                        print_usage(stdout, argv[0]);
                        return 1;
                } else {
                        // -s <N>, --skip-lines <N>, -s=<N> and --skip-lines=<N> syntax is allowed
                        // if N is 'a' then args->skip_n_lines should be -1
                        int s_cmp = strncmp(argv[i], "-s", 2);
                        int sl_cmp = strncmp(argv[i], "--skip-lines", 12);
                        if (s_cmp == 0 && strlen(argv[i]) > 3) { // -s=<N> syntax
                                if (argv[i][2] != '=') {
                                        print_usage(stderr, argv[0]);
                                        return -1;
                                }
                                if (argv[i][3] == 'a') {
                                        args->skip_n_line = -1;
                                        continue;
                                }
                                args->skip_n_line = atoi(&argv[i][3]);
                                if (args->skip_n_line == 0) {
                                        print_usage(stderr, argv[0]);
                                        return -1;
                                }
                        } else if (sl_cmp == 0 && strlen(argv[i]) > 13) { // --skip-lines=<N> syntax
                                if (argv[i][12] != '=') {
                                        print_usage(stderr, argv[0]);
                                        return -1;
                                }
                                if (argv[i][13] == 'a') {
                                        args->skip_n_line = -1;
                                        continue;
                                }
                                args->skip_n_line = atoi(&argv[i][13]);
                                if (args->skip_n_line == 0) {
                                        print_usage(stderr, argv[0]);
                                        return -1;
                                }
                        } else if (s_cmp == 0 || sl_cmp == 0) { // not '=' syntax
                                i++; // go to next argument
                                if (i == argc) { // there isn't a next argument
                                        print_usage(stderr, argv[0]);
                                        return -1;
                                }
                                if (argv[i][0] == 'a') {
                                        args->skip_n_line = -1;
                                        continue;
                                }
                                args->skip_n_line = atoi(argv[i]);
                                if (args->skip_n_line == 0) {
                                        print_usage(stderr, argv[0]);
                                        return -1;
                                }
                        } else {
                                args->file = argv[i];
                        }
                }
        }

        // file is a required argument
        if (args->file == NULL) {
                print_usage(stderr, argv[0]);
                return -1;
        }

        return 0;
}

/*
 * print the content of the file of fd, but skip the first skip_n_line lines
 */
void print_file_content(int skip_n_line) {
        while (1) { // read in 255 byte chuns
                u_int8_t buffer[sizeof(char) * BUFFER_SIZE];
                ssize_t n = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(char) * BUFFER_SIZE);

                if (n == 0) { // there is nothing to read anymore
                        break;
                }

                if (n < 0) {
                        perror("Error while reading file");
                        close(fd);
                        close(ifd);
                        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                }

                // pointer should be mutable
                uint8_t *write_buffer = buffer;

                // there are lines to skip and data to read (n > 0)
                while (skip_n_line > 0 && n > 0) {
                        size_t i;
                        for (i=0; i < n; i++) {
                                if (((char*) write_buffer)[i] == '\n') {
                                        break;
                                }
                        }
                        // i contains the index of the next '\n' or n if there is no newline

                        // there is no newline, but lines should be skipped (skip_n_line > 0) so the next chunk should be read
                        if (i == n) {
                                break;
                        }

                        // skipped i characters and 1 for the newline
                        n -= i + 1;
                        write_buffer = &write_buffer[i + 1];

                        // skipped one line
                        skip_n_line--;

                }

                // lines should be skipped or no data available anymore, go to read of the next chunk
                if (skip_n_line > 0 || n == 0) {
                        continue;
                }


                if (write(STDOUT_FILENO, write_buffer, n) <= 0) {
                        perror("Error while writing to stdout");
                        close(fd);
                        close(ifd);
                        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                }
        }
}


void sighandler(int arg) {
        close(fd);
        close(wfd);
        close(ifd);
        printf("\n");
        exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
        args_t args;
        int arg_r = parse_args(&args, argc, argv);
        if (arg_r == 1) {
                return EXIT_SUCCESS;
        } else if (arg_r != 0) {
                return EXIT_FAILURE;
        }

        fd = open(args.file, O_RDONLY);
        if (fd < 0) {
                perror("Error while opening file");
                return EXIT_FAILURE;
        }

        int ifd = inotify_init();
        if (ifd < 0) {
                perror("Error while creating inotify");
                close(fd);
                return EXIT_FAILURE;
        }

        wfd = inotify_add_watch(ifd, args.file, IN_MODIFY);
        if (wfd < 0) {
                perror("Error while adding inotify watcher");
                close(fd);
                close(ifd);
                return EXIT_FAILURE;
        }

        if (signal(SIGINT, &sighandler) == SIG_ERR) {
                perror("Error while registering signal");
                close(fd);
                close(wfd);
                close(ifd);
                return EXIT_FAILURE;
        }

        // if skip_n_lines < 0 (-1), the 'a' flag is set to all lines should be skipped
        if (args.skip_n_line >= 0) {
                print_file_content(args.skip_n_line);
        }


        for(;;) {
                struct inotify_event event;
                ssize_t n = read(ifd, &event, sizeof(struct inotify_event));
                if (n != sizeof(struct inotify_event)) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "Error while reading inotify event\n");
                        close(fd);
                        close(wfd);
                        close(ifd);
                        return EXIT_FAILURE;
                }

                // 0 because no lines should be skipped
                print_file_content(0);
        }

        // end of function is unreachable

}

Good install script: curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AdriDevelopsThings/747bd78ee29cffcc9de161d00aaaf294/raw/0c2be94e39e3be792c8cf16adcfdeb62bd9e813d/follow.c | sudo gcc -xc - -o /usr/local/bin/follow