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How to Install and Use logrotate to Manage Log Files in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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Hitesh Jethva
Oct 30, 2018

Log files are important for Linux system security. The logrotate tool is specially designed to simplify the administration of log files on a Linux system that allows automatic rotation, compression, removal, and mailing of log files. In this tutorial, I will explain how to use logrotate to manage logs on Ubuntu 18.04 server.
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Hitesh Jethva

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