#986·shelljs

feat: tail -f option

Author: nfischerCreated Feb 3, 2020Updated Feb 20, 2025
Labelsfeaturehelp wantedlow priority

Originally filed in https://github.com/shelljs/shx/issues/172

We should support shell.tail('-f', ...). We would need to "follow" the file as it grows - basically, tail('-f') would never terminate. This isn't super useful in a programmatic context, but would be more useful in shx.

@martin-braun