| For example, in a running FortiClient EMS instance, to browse the resulting logs of a previous task, for instance, a previous 'hotfix application', the following command was previously available on the shell for native Ubuntu-linux OS: # cat /var/log/forticlientems/upgradeworker_*.log
Now with emscli, the restricted shell on FortiClient EMS virtual appliance v7.4.5+, this previous linux-native command is replaced by the following process.
First, list the latest files to get the fullnames: ems@fcems-server $> execute ls /var/log/forticlientems/upg*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root forticlientems 1361 Jan 21 17:15 /var/log/forticlientems/upgradeworker_2026-01-21.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root forticlientems 2117 Jan 29 17:09 /var/log/forticlientems/upgradeworker_2026-01-29.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root forticlientems 1450 Jan 30 14:43 /var/log/forticlientems/upgradeworker_2026-01-30.log
Then, find the latest 'upgradeworker' log file from the previous list and display the content with the following emscli:
ems@fcems-server $> execute cat /var/log/forticlientems/upgradeworker_2026-01-30.log
2026-01-30T14:30:44.149Z INFO server/server.go:448 Starting FortiClient EMS Upgrade Worker - 7.4.1.1872
2026-01-30T14:30:44.150Z INFO common/svcrunner_linux.go:14 Running FCEMS_UPGRADE as a regular service
2026-01-30T14:30:44.151Z INFO server/daemon_server.go:37 Starting daemon loop function
2026-01-30T14:30:44.153Z INFO service/upgrade.go:449 [TID:W9DmOSXlTq]: Starting Upgrade worker
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Note: The administrator can first check, in this example of hotfix tracking, if and when hotfixes were already applied or not:
ems@fcems-server $> execute hotfix --list
2026/02/02 16:41:22 FortiClient EMS Hotfixer - 7.4.5.2111
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