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I am trying to log tor with the following command:

journalctl -f -u [email protected] | echo < log.tor.txt

Is there anything that I should change? Is this possible with journalctl? should I see something else?

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It seems like redirecting the output of journalctl is a bit tricky, see this post for more context

You may want to use

sudo journalctl > complete.log.txt

Depending on your needs you can use journalctl -f instead

Then you can filter the results with

cat complete.log.txt | grep tor

See also https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/360793/440770

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  • The file will remain blank. The logs that will normally show up do not show up. In turn, nothing will happen. BTW, that command will not work. I tried restarting tor, and the file still showed me nothing. Jan 4, 2021 at 22:41
  • It seems like redirecting the output of journalctl is a bit tricky, I updated my answer
    – roneo.org
    Jan 5, 2021 at 7:16
  • SystemD - a journalctl is a part of it's suite - has a great API for accessing and doing logs, so your task can be solved even without a file redirection! Keep in mind that the size and the depth of journals are configurable ;)
    – Alexey Vesnin
    Oct 3, 2021 at 17:11
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Well, the best and the right way is to use Tor as a SystemD service - don't forget to build it by hand with this features enabled! It's totally not the problem - SystemD offers a service groups nowdays and you can use them to tailor all your specific needs without discarding runtime dependencies and starting/stopping grouping and order.

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