How-To: Tail Apache logs to Ubuntu Notifications

Tail Apache logs to Ubuntu Notifications.md

Code snippets to accompany How-To: Tail Apache logs to Ubuntu Notifications on http://insidethe.agency/

Original Article: http://insidethe.agency/blog/how-to-tail-apache-logs-to-ubuntu-notifications

background-process.sh

sh watch-apache-log.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &

watch-apache-log.sh

#!/bin/sh

apache_log() {
  while inotifywait -e modify /var/log/apache2/error.log; do
    line=$(tail -n1 /var/log/apache2/error.log | cut -c 81-);
    notify-send "$line"; 
  done
}

apache_log &

watch-multiple-apache-logs.sh

#!/bin/sh

apache_log() {
  while inotifywait -e modify /var/log/apache2/*.error.log; do
    line=$(tail -n1 /var/log/apache2/*.error.log | cut -c 81-);
    notify-send "$line"; 
  done
}

apache_log &

watch-multiple-files.sh

#!/bin/sh

apache_log() {
  while inotifywait -e modify /var/log/apache2/error.log; do
    line=$(tail -n1 /var/log/apache2/error.log | cut -c 81-);
    notify-send "$line"; 
  done
}


mail_log() {
  while inotifywait -e modify /var/log/mail.log; do
    line=$(tail -n1 /var/log/mail.log);
    notify-send "$line"; 
  done
}

apache_log &
mail_log &