How to view snort.log files - snort

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My snort.log file is completely empty and my snort.log.xxxxx files contain the characters ##...
I already know how to read the snort.log.xxx file but my snort.log file is empty and I don't know how to view it
Am using snort on ubuntu server
Thanks for your reply

If you mean the log files that end with a 10 digit number (Epoch timestamp), you can add the .pcap extension to the log file itself than open it in packet viewer of your liking (for example Wireshark).

You can view the log using tshark in linux command line.
For example: tshark -r snort.log.xxxxx

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