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How to print log on Tomcat logs folder

I am using Log4j to print logs. Its successfully print the logs on spring console, but i need to check, how its printing them on catalina. Normally on server we write this tail -f /var/log/tomcat8/catalina.out, but how to view this on local machine.
This is what i am doing to print the logs
logger.info("Log4J - "+ "Request: " +
",URL= "+ httprequest.getRequestURI()+
",requestId= "+ uniqueID+ ",Headers= "+ map);
Kindly guide me how and where to check catalina logs.
I have tried to run Tomcat8.5 server from cmd. It starts the server, and put some logs in tomcat/logs folder, but nothings is related to the application. When i open the service from browser, it does not add anything in the log.
This is what it writes in catalina.2017-03-19
19-Mar-2017 21:08:38.766 INFO [main]
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler
[http-nio-8080] 19-Mar-2017 21:08:38.771 INFO [main]
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler
[ajp-nio-8009] 19-Mar-2017 21:08:38.772 INFO [main]
org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start Server startup in 1092 ms
EDIT
This is my properties file, it prints the logs in the file mentioned here.C:\\log\\logging.log
# Root logger option
log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout, file
# Redirect log messages to console
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
# Redirecting to Tomcat Logger
log4j.appender.file.File=${catalina.home}logs/logging.log
# Redirect log messages to a log file, support file rolling.
log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.file.File=C:\\log\\logging.log
log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=5MB
log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=10
log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n

Check application log. logging.properties file for more details.
Log write output in catalina.out if application log is not configured.
Where is your logging.properties file located? It should be available in the root of the classpath. As a sanity check, what does the following code print?
System.out.println(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("logging.properties"));
If the code is in a static context, use
System.out.println(ClassName.class.getClassLoader().getResource("logging.properties"));

log4j File appender not working with eclipse

I have a webservice program which has multiple classes talking to each other.
After running the program using tomcat in eclipse, I copy the wsdl url in soap UI to test it out and if there's any exception then it has to be in printed in a log file as I am file appender logic from log4j. Spent almost three days with no luck
Here is log4j.properties file:
# Define the root logger with appender file
log4j.rootLogger = DEBUG, FILE, theConsoleAppender
log4j.category.com.wataniya.Wataniya_WebServiceSkeleton=DEBUG, FILE
### direct log messages to stdout ###
log4j.appender.theConsoleAppender=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.theConsoleAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.theConsoleAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=%-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n
# Define the file appender
log4j.appender.FILE=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
# Set the name of the file
log4j.appender.FILE.File=log.txt
# Set the immediate flush to true (default)
log4j.appender.FILE.ImmediateFlush=true
# Set the threshold to debug mode
log4j.appender.FILE.Threshold=debug
# Set the append to false, overwrite
log4j.appender.FILE.Append=true
# Define the layout for file appender
log4j.appender.FILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.FILE.layout.conversionPattern= %d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %c %p %t %m%n%n

Imported the required jar files in to build path in eclipse. More info can be found at this link in importing the jar files and configuring the properties file: Link

log4j FileAppender not writing in Linux

In a standalone application I'm using log4j for logging and have configured it with the following properties file:
# Root logger option
log4j.rootLogger=WARN, file, stdout
log4j.logger.com.tr = INFO
# Direct log messages to a log file
log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
log4j.appender.file.File=log4j.log
log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
# Direct log messages to stdout
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
In Windows this works as expected, producing a log4j.log file in the current working directory. When I run the application in Linux, it reports no error but does not generate the log file. The logger outputs to console just fine.
I tried programatically changing the File property from a relative path to an absolute path and that changed nothing.
I've also verified that if I supply an invalid file name the tool reports an error saying the file cannot be generated. So I'm baffled as to why no error is being reported and no file is being generated.
I've searched my hard disk for the file to verify it's not being generated elsewhere, and it's not.
Any help here would be much appreciated.

Log4j in tomcat not showing logs

This is my log4j.properties.
# Root logger option
log4j.rootLogger=INFO, file, stdout
# Direct log messages to a log file
log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.file.File=${catalina.home}\MyLog\PmcDemo.log
log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=1MB
log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=1
log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
# Direct log messages to stdout
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
I am using tomcat 6.0, in my application I have used Logger from log4j yet I don't see any output on server console or in the log file. My application is using struts2 as front end, Spring framework as middle layer and hibernate as the end layer. I don't see my application logging how can I enable it in tomcat 6?

You need to switch the backslashes for forward slashes:
${catalina.home}/MyLog/PmcDemo.log
or to escape them
${catalina.home}\\MyLog\\PmcDemo.log
If that doesn't help, let us know the structure of your project and where the log4j.properties file is stored.

Try this steps,
If running Tomcat 6.x:
1. If you have not already done so, modify the <<TOMCAT_HOME>>/conf/catalina.properties file so that the shared classloader mechanism work the same as Tomcat 5.x.
2. To do this, verify that the entry beginning with shared.loader= reads shared.loader=${catalina.base}/shared/classes,${catalina.base}/shared/lib/*.jar If running Tomcat 5.x or higher:
If running Tomcat 5.x or higher:
3. If it does not already exist, create a "shared/classes" directory under <<TOMCAT_HOME>>.
4. If it does not already exist, create a "shared/lib" directory under <<TOMCAT_HOME>>.
5. Copy log4j-###.jar into <<TOMCAT_HOME>>/shared/lib.
**Note:** Any specific version of log4j-###.jar should work. You can download the stable log4j version 1.2 installation from http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/download.html
6. Copy a log4j.properties file into <<TOMCAT>>/shared/classes.
Example
To get a log file named "initiate.log" to show up in the <<TOMCAT_HOME>>/logs directory, an initial version of log4j.properties file is:
log4j.rootLogger=ERROR, R
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
# Pattern to output the caller's file name and line number.
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n
log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.R.File=${catalina.home}/logs/initiate.log
log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=1000KB
log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=5
log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} 5-5p %c{2} - %m %n
log4j.logger.org.springframework=ERROR
log4j.logger.org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc=ERROR
#set to DEBUG to see hibernate and connection-pool logging output
log4j.logger.org.hibernate=ERROR
log4j.logger.org.apache.commons.dbcp=ERROR
#set to DEBUG to see Initiate-specific logging output
log4j.logger.com.initiatesystems=DEBUG
#set to DEBUG to set Initiate-specific verbose logging output
log4j.logger.verbose=ERROR
Quoted from: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/initiate/v9r5/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.datatrust.doc%2Ftopics%2Ft_datatrust_configuring_log4j_logging_apachetomcat.html

log4j API to log errors

I am running REST web service on Tomacat 6.0.32. I am using log4j API to log errors or anything else.
Basically you only need to include this line of code
static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(TestLogging.class.getName());
logger.debug("String blah blah");
I run main method to test if it is working. So, the program writes log info into text file and on the console of NetBeans.
But if you deploy the project and then run it on the browser those logs do not appear no where; neither on console nor text file nor on Tomcat's logs.
The following is properties file:
# Set root category priority to DEBUG and set its only appender to A1
log4j.rootCategory=DEBUG, A1, file
log4j.additivity.logger=false
# A1 is set to be a ConsoleAppender (writes to system console).
log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
# A1 uses PatternLayout.
log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%p [%t] %F %L %x - %m%n
#### Second appender writes to a file
log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.file.File=eMart_logger.log
# Control the maximum log file size
log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=1MB
# Archive log files (one backup file here)
log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=1
log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %d %t %F %L - %m%n
What is the problem?
Cheers

Use a FileAppender to get it to log to a file when you are running on a server.
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/FileAppender.html