Command Console Log Viewer

Use

You can use the command console 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 Console Log Viewer lv script file is located in the \usr\sap\<System ID>\<Instance number>\j2ee\configtool directory.

Features

You can use the command console 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 console Log Viewer, from your local file system, go to the \usr\sap\<System ID>\<Instance number>\j2ee\configtool 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> .

Note

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 console Log Viewer, execute the following command: lv -h .