how to view aws log real time (like tail -f)

Question

I can view the log using the following command.

aws logs get-log-events --log-group-name groupName --log-stream-name streamName --limit 100

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Answer 1

I've just discovered cwtail and it works well (to watch a lambda function's CloudWatch logs).

To install:

npm install -g cwtail

To list log groups:

cwtail -l

Then, once you've picked which log group to 'tail':

cwtail -f /aws/lambda/ExampleFunction