# Simulate tail -f

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simulate-tail-f/219735>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 18, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simulate-tail-f/219735 "2020-02-18T08:55:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![robertofabrizi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@robertofabrizi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/robertofabrizi)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simulate-tail-f/219735/5 "2020-02-19T20:20:05Z")

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Do you think that something like scrollAsync ([[No code for] Example of using scrollAsync with the java High Level Rest Client](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-code-for-example-of-using-scrollasync-with-the-java-high-level-rest-client/165126/8)) would work?

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