# How to get Console trace

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-console-trace/10859>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 2, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-console-trace/10859 "2015-12-02T15:15:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![benoit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5daacb/32.png) [@benoit](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/benoit)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-console-trace/10859/1 "2015-12-02T15:15:49Z")

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Hi !

In the Ignition gateway, in System console view it is possible to have the log exported to a file.  
This file appears to be a binary file.  
How to use it afterwards ?

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**Author:** ![mgross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mgross/32/3311_2.png) [@mgross](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mgross)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-console-trace/10859/2 "2015-12-02T15:39:07Z")

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The binary log is actually meant for IA Tech Support, as we have tools here to interpret the binary file. I think what you really need is the wrapper.log, located in /logs/wrapper.log in most installations, and in /var/log/ignition/wrapper.log in some Linux installations. This is a standard text file with the Gateway console output.

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**Author:** ![benoit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5daacb/32.png) [@benoit](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/benoit)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-console-trace/10859/3 "2015-12-02T16:42:13Z")

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Thanks for this quick reply.