#!/bin/bash FILES=" /var/log/file.log /var/log/exim/mainlog /var/log/exim/rejectlog /var/log/auth.log /var/log/httpd/domains/domain.com.log /var/log/httpd/domains/domain2.com.log /var/log/httpd/domains/domain3.co.uk.log " rm output.log for file in $FILES do if [ ! -e "$file" ] # check if the file exists then echo "$file does not exist." ; echo continue fi tail --lines=25 $file >> output.log done