Log colorizer that makes log checking easier
colortail [options][file...]
This manual page documents briefly the colortail commands.
colortail is basically tail but with support for colors. With the help of color config files you define what part of the output to print in which color.
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
-f, --follow
Output appended data as the file grows.
-k, --config=file
--config=file1,file2,... Color config files for the tail files. If only one config file it's global otherwise one config file for each tail file.
-n, --lines=N
Output the last N lines, instead of last 10.
-l
Display without colors.
-q, --quiet, --silent
Never output headers giving file names.
-v, --version
Output version information and exit.
colortail was written by Joakim Andersson <[email protected]> Copyright (C) 2009
This manual page was written by Elías Alejandro Año Mendoza <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).