Capistrano::Configuration.instance.load do desc "Watch the log on the application server." task :watch_logs, :role => [:app] do log_file = "#{shared_path}/log/#{rails_env}.log" run "tail -f #{log_file}" do |channel, stream, data| puts data if stream == :out if stream == :err puts "[Error: #{channel[:host]}->#{rails_env}] #{data}" break end end end end