Testing my web development in IE is the bane of my existence. Since I run Apache and MYSQL on my local host on my Mac it was always a trick to view my work though my Windows VM until my friend Mike Farmer showed me an easy way to access my development environment on my Mac from my virtual machine.

Steps:

1. Get default gateway of VM machine
2. Use that address the same way you would “localhost” on your Mac

Example:

Get IP address of VM

Local Mac development environment

Dev environment from VM

How to tail multiple files

Terminal command: tail -f <file.name> <file.name>

Tail Three Files

Tail Two Files

Tailing multiple files in one terminal window is a life saver when you are pressed for space on your screen.
With tail you can tail just about as many files as you want. I doubt it would be very useful to have more than a few tailed at the same time.

Leave a quick comment if you found this helpful or have other helpful suggestions like this one.

4 min. you will never get back but it’s too terrible not to share so I hope you enjoy! : )

It’s the only one that keeps me laughing the entire time. ; ) Very well done.