Reporting as requested: _nwc.manifest.txt is a simple text file (created from output of a bash shell script) Environment is fully patched Windows 10 as at Jan 1, 2017. Executing in the bash shell (bash.exe). norm@NORM-PC:/mnt/c/Users/norm/Desktop/ArcSightSmartConnectorJars$ tail -f _nwc.manifest.txt |grep "LogManager" tail: unrecognized file system type 0x53464846 for '_nwc.manifest.txt'. please report this to bug-coreutils@gnu.org. reverting to polling