namespace :logs do task :tail, :file do |t, args| if args[:file] on roles(:app) do execute "tail -f #{shared_path}/log/#{args[:file]}.log" end else puts "please specify a logfile e.g: 'rake logs:tail[logfile]" puts "will tail 'shared_path/log/logfile.log'" puts "remember if you use zsh you'll need to format it as:" puts "rake 'logs:tail[logfile]' (single quotes)" end end end