Streams new log lines as they are written, showing bans, unbans, and jail actions in real time — the way to watch an attack unfold or debug a jail that never triggers. tail -f (follow) keeps the file open; Ctrl-C stops it. The log is also the first place to look when fail2ban silently does nothing.
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