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slug: /search/live-tail
title: Sumo Logic Live Tail
description: Sumo Logic Live Tail allows you to see a real-time live feed of log events associated with a Source or Collector, which you can use as a tool for development and troubleshooting.
canonical: https://www.sumologic.com/help/docs/search/live-tail/
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Sumo Logic Live Tail allows you to see a real-time live feed of log messages associated with a Source or Collector, which you can use as a tool for development and troubleshooting.

In this section, we'll introduce the following concepts:

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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/search/live-tail/about-live-tail')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/search/livetail/livetail.png')} alt="Live Tail icon" width="30"/><h4>About Live Tail</h4></a>
  <p>See a real-time live feed of log events for development and troubleshooting.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/search/live-tail/filter-live-tail')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/search/livetail/livetail.png')} alt="Live Tail icon" width="30"/><h4>Filter Live Tail</h4></a>
  <p>To find specific information, you can filter by keyword.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/search/live-tail/live-tail-cli')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/search/livetail/livetail.png')} alt="Live Tail icon" width="30"/><h4>Live Tail CLI</h4></a>
  <p>Allows you to start and use a Live Tail session from the command line.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/search/live-tail/live-tail-highlighting')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/search/livetail/livetail.png')} alt="Live Tail icon" width="30"/><h4>Live Tail Highlighting</h4></a>
  <p>Highlight keywords that appear in your running Live Tail.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/search/live-tail/live-tail-preferences')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/search/livetail/livetail.png')} alt="Live Tail icon" width="30"/><h4>Live Tail Preferences</h4></a>
  <p>You can change the preferences for Live Tail line spacing, message text size, and message color.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/search/live-tail/live-tail-show-in-search')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/search/livetail/livetail.png')} alt="Live Tail icon" width="30"/><h4>Show Live Tail in Search</h4></a>
  <p>Start a Live Tail session from the Search page or the Live Tail page.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/search/live-tail/multiple-live-tails')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/search/livetail/livetail.png')} alt="Live Tail icon" width="30"/><h4>Multiple Live Tails</h4></a>
  <p>You can run two Live Tail sessions at a time per browser tab.</p>
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  <a href={useBaseUrl('docs/search/live-tail/troubleshooting-live-tail')}><img src={useBaseUrl('img/search/livetail/livetail.png')} alt="Live Tail icon" width="30"/><h4>Troubleshooting Live Tail</h4></a>
  <p>Troubleshooting tips for Sumo Logic Live Tail.</p>
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