Always get the latest file to tail!
Our Apache is configured to output access/error log files with full datestamp in the filename, this can be a PITA when you need to quickly tail the access https access file, this oneliner just selects the latest one.
tail -F `ls -alcht *https*|head -1 | awk '{print $9}'
Written by Lars Van Casteren
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