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Powershell script that gets the tail of the newest file in the current directory and waits for more content, good for looking at the newest log file in a directory.
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TailNewestFileInDir
cls;$a=gci -Path "$(Get-Location)\*" -Include *.txt,*.log|sort LastAccessTime -Desc|select -f 1;$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle=$a.FullName;gc $a.FullName -Tail 10 -Wait
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