what is the equivalent of tail -f in windows powershell?

Question

I want to get the continuous streaming of a Log file as we get using

tail -f command in Linux

In windows how can i achieve this?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '17 at 15:11

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Get-Content -Path "file" -Wait

answered Apr 04 '17 at 15:11

4c74356b41

with this command, it is waiting but not appending the rest of the lines – vm101 Apr 04 '17 at 15:27
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it is appending, trust me – 4c74356b41 Apr 04 '17 at 15:29
no it is not appending..just waiting – vm101 Apr 04 '17 at 16:16
well, if you look at the linked answer it says exactly the same, so i don't know what you are talking about – 4c74356b41 Apr 04 '17 at 16:28
This is a proper way to do it in PowerShell. – sodawillow Apr 04 '17 at 16:35
Yeah it is working but taking too long to append lines to console, i am trying for continuous streaming of log file @sodawillow – vm101 Apr 05 '17 at 06:48
Get-Content $fpath -tail 10 – Patrick Burwell Jul 28 '21 at 15:35

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