# How to get web server to display the server logs **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 27, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-web-server-to-display-the-server-logs/135963 "2008-04-27T04:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eggman2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/51bf81/32.png) [@eggman2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eggman2001)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-web-server-to-display-the-server-logs/135963/1 "2008-04-27T04:22:12Z")
I’m just getting started on a mac and I’m starting the server with ./ script/server, which starts up webrick. I’m used to having the console then display all the logs as I’m interacting with the application, but this isn’t happening. Can someone tell me what I need to do to solve this? ---
**Author:** ![eggman2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/51bf81/32.png) [@eggman2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/eggman2001)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-web-server-to-display-the-server-logs/135963/2 "2008-04-27T19:10:32Z")
On Apr 26, 8:21 pm, eggman2001 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m just getting started on a mac > … > I’m used to having the console > then display all the logs as I’m interacting with the application, Console doesn’t know about your Rails logs by default. In the Console app, you can use File → Open to select a specific log file for console to display. You can also use Terminal. I use the `tail -f` command with the path to the log file (e.g., `tail -f log/development.log`). The -f argument tells tail to keep running and display anything that gets added to the file. Use control-c to interrupt tail and get back to the shell prompt.