Watch and colorize a logfile
ctail [FILE]
ctail is a very simple alias that watches a file and colorizes it. It's very useful for monitoring logfiles.
ctail /var/log/syslog
This manpage and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland <[email protected]> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation.
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