On a Mac, I frequently use the tail command to view files as they’re being written to or in use. You can use the Get-EventLog cmdlet to view logs. The Get-EventLog cmdlet has two options I’ll point out in this article. The first is -list and -newest.
The first is used to view a list of event logs, along with retention cycles for logs, log sizes, etc.
Get-EventLog -list
You can then take any of the log types and view information about them. To see System information:
Get-EventLog System
There will be too much information in many of these cases, so use the -newest option to see just the latest:
Get-EventLog system -newest 5
The list will have an Index number and an EventID. The EventID can then be used to research information about each error code. For example, at http://eventid.net.