NAME¶

multiTail.pl - Read multiple log files. The log files can be written round.

SYNOPSIS¶

        multiTail.pl [-a] [-d delay] [-p begin|end]
                [--print] [-t] [-o outFile [-m max] [-P]
                 [[-n noFiles] | [-s [-c compressprog]] ]
                ]
                [-C color=pattern [-C color=pattern ...]]
                [-g expression] files...

OPTIONS¶

-a, --addName

    add filename to the output at the beginning of each line
    

-d, --delay

    delay in sec. between checking the files (default 5 sec)
    

-p, --position

    read from begin or end of file (default = begin)
    

--print

    print configuration read from configuration file
    or command line and stop
    

-t, --withTime

    with current time and date in the output
    

-o, --out

    write output to file
    

-m, --maxFilelen

    maximal len of file written round (default = 1e6)
    

-n, --noOfOldFiles

    number of old files to store
    

-P, --withPID

    write pid to log file (default is not)
    

-H, --withHostname

    write hostname to log file (default is not)
    

-l, --maxlines

    maximal number of lines to read per --delay in one chunk
    from a log file (default = 1000)
    setting this value to 0 means to read all lines immediately
    

-s, --saveLogs

    save log files with date and time instead of deleting the
    old (with [-noOfOldFiles])
    

-c, --compressWith

    compress saved log files (e.g. with -c 'gzip -9')
    

-C, --color

    use color for a line if specified pattern matches
    supported colors are:
    'red', 'green', 'yellow', 'blue', 'magenta', 'cyan'
    this option can be used multiple times
    example:
       --color red=ERROR
    

-g, --grep

    grep for lines with the specified expression
    example:
       --grep 'ERROR|WARNING'
    

-V

    print version(s)
    

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (c) 2001-2022 by Heinz-Josef Claes (see README) Published under the GNU General Public License or any later version