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What is the fastest way to open a 28GB apache access log file, I need to look at the most recent entries.

OS is Windows Server 2003

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This is different, I'm trying to read the very end, that question reads the entire file. – Bubby4j Mar 17 '11 at 17:18
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I need to look at the most recent entries.

Use the tail command

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Windows server 2003, if you please. – Bubby4j Mar 17 '11 at 16:03
@Buggy4j - it's still tail: stackoverflow.com/questions/187587/… – Joel Coehoorn Mar 17 '11 at 16:04
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And next time, remember to tag better - using 'windows-server-2003' from the outset would have avoided the confusion, especially considering apache is much more common on linux – Joel Coehoorn Mar 17 '11 at 16:07
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