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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 Note

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

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  • 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.