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How to tail -f Cloudwatch logs

2021-06-21 #aws

Get all the groups from the Cloudwatch

aws logs describe-log-groups | grep logGroupName

Plug the group into the ’logs tail’ and run in the background

aws logs tail --follow <group> --format short

3rd party solutions

  • jorgebastida/awslogs: AWS CloudWatch logs for Humans™
  • rpgreen/apilogs - For Lambda and API logs
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