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confluent log¶

Description¶

View a snapshot or tail the log of a service.

confluent log <service> [<argument>]

Tip

For usage information, enter confluent help log.

None.

Name, shorthand	Default	Description
`<service>`		The service name.
`<argument>`	Snapshot	Optional: Specify a tail argument. If no arguments are given, a snapshot of the log is opened using the `less` command viewer.

View a snapshot of the Connect log with the less viewer.
```
confluent log connect
```
Tail the Kafka log and wait to print additional output until the log command is interrupted.
```
confluent log kafka -f
```
Tip

Type man tail to get more information about the available options.