# What format is the wrapper log?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 4, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-format-is-the-wrapper-log/45252 "2021-04-04T23:43:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-format-is-the-wrapper-log/45252/1 "2021-04-04T23:43:11Z")

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Dumb Linux question… How do I open the wrapper log? This is my rpi4 debian environment

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-format-is-the-wrapper-log/45252/2 "2021-04-04T23:48:58Z")

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Raw bytes. Most content should be utf-8, but loggers might not respect that… Use kate or another code-capable editor.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-format-is-the-wrapper-log/45252/3 "2021-04-04T23:50:32Z")

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Any text editor should be able to open wrapper.log files… the logs .idb you export from the gateway is another story.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-format-is-the-wrapper-log/45252/4 "2021-04-05T01:42:09Z")

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I’ve tried both “Text Editor” and Geany, but neither can open it 😕 If I copy it to Windows, no problems reading it…

Q: On a side note, how can I remove a module if I can’t get the gateway booted?

Edit:  
A: Delete the modl file from the user-lib directoy

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-format-is-the-wrapper-log/45252/5 "2021-04-05T02:38:22Z")

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Can you upload this wrapper.log somewhere?

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**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-format-is-the-wrapper-log/45252/6 "2021-04-05T12:37:08Z")

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I just opened it with nano. I was also able to `grep` the log directly from the terminal. Does `nano wrapper.log` work?