name : download-db-log-file-portion.rst **Example 1: To download the latest part of a DB log file** The following ``download-db-log-file-portion`` example downloads only the latest part of your log file, saving it to a local file named ``tail.txt``. :: aws rds download-db-log-file-portion \ --db-instance-identifier test-instance \ --log-file-name log.txt \ --output text > tail.txt The saved file might contain blank lines. They appear at the end of each part of the log file while being downloaded. **Example 2: To download an entire DB log file** The following ``download-db-log-file-portion`` example downloads the entire log file, using the ``--starting-token 0`` parameter, and saves the output to a local file named ``full.txt``. :: aws rds download-db-log-file-portion \ --db-instance-identifier test-instance \ --log-file-name log.txt \ --starting-token 0 \ --output text > full.txt The saved file might contain blank lines. They appear at the end of each part of the log file while being downloaded.