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i want to read this log files, in putty - ssh

I want to read this log files, I'm new to putty. What commands should I give? Why this files are in different color?

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Solution

  • You can use the cat or less command to read the log files, for example:

    cat /var/log/pemig.log

# or
less /var/log/pemig.log

    For more information about cat and less, you could read the manual:

    man cat
man less

    As for the colors, it's not Putty that does the coloring, it's dircolors. You could run the dircolors -p command, it will tell you what color maps to each known file type.