Powershell – Monitoring a log file

while($true)
{
# get the date
$now = get-date
# create the log name from said date eg :20231223Err.txt
$fileName = '{0}{1}{2}Err.txt' -f $now.Year, $now.Month, $now.Day
# network path to said log
$fullPath = "\\path\e$\LogFiles\app\$($fileName)"

#I don't need this to run in perpetuity - it's a temp situation - so I'm just
#invoking this in a Powershell window and letting it rip.
Write-Host "[$(Get-Date)] Starting job for file $fullPath"
$latest = Start-Job -Arg $fullPath -ScriptBlock {
param($file)

# wait until the file exists, just in case
while(-not (Test-Path $file)){ sleep -sec 10 }
# matching the phrase Queue Count. could make all these variables
Get-Content $file -wait | where {$_ -match 'Queue Count'} |
foreach {
Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer SMTPSERVER -From me@email.com -To me@email.com -Subject 'Queue Count' -Body $_
write-host $_
}
}

# wait until date change
while($now.Date -eq (Get-Date).Date){ sleep -Sec 10 }

# kill the job and start anew
Write-Host "[$(Get-Date)] Stopping job for file $fullPath"
$latest | Stop-Job
}