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Use

You can use the Command Line Log Viewer to display list formatted log and trace files that are written by the SAP Logging API in a human readable format.

The Command Line Log Viewer lv script file is located in the /usr/sap/<SID>/JC<Instance number>/j2ee/admin/logviewer-standalone directory.

Features

You can use the Command Line Log Viewer to display:

  • A single log or trace file
  • All log and trace files from a log directory
  • A particular number of log records from a log or trace file.
Activities
  • To start the Command Line Log Viewer, in the file system, go to the /usr/sap/<SID>/JC<Instance number>/j2ee/admin/logviewer-standalone directory and run the lv script file.
  • To display a single log or trace file, execute the following command: lv <Full path to the file including the file name>.
  • To display all log and trace files from a log directory, execute the following command: lv <Path to the directory>.
    Tip

    You can use this command only if all logs and traces in the directory are list formatted.

  • To display only the latest log records as they are written to a particular log or trace file, execute the following command: lv <Full path to the file including the file name> -t.
  • To display all options that are available in the Command Line Log Viewer, execute the following command: lv -h .