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Product Overview
*NEW* Support for Microsoft IIS logfiles
*NEW* -ws, --window-state command line option
*NEW* -wp, --window-position command line option
*NEW* Support for non-standard system font sizes
... and more.
BareTail is a real-time viewing tool for text files.
BareTail is similar to the tail -f command on Unix systems, but it has many more features.
In the "follow tail" mode BareTail is ideal for viewing logs, traces and other files which grow in real time.
It runs with the same performance for files of any size, including those larger than 2GB.
BareTail can scroll to any point in a file instantly, and shows changes to the file contents as they occur.
BareTail supports configurable highlighting and international character sets (Unicode and UTF-8).
Real-time file viewing
See important text clearly
Extract data
Fast to use
Fast to deploy and remove
Support for many file types
Real-time file viewing
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Follow the tail
Like the well known Unix tail -f command, BareTail
can automatically follow the tail of a growing file, in real-time as it is appended.
BareTail is ideal for monitoring log files or system traces.
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Optimised real-time viewing engine
BareTail is designed to provide real-time viewing while presenting as low a
load as possible to the graphics and file-system components of the host operating system.
The system resources consumed by BareTail are small and independent of the
size of the file viewed. It is possible to scroll to any point in a file instantly, regardless of
its size.
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View files on other systems
As BareTail is designed to make efficient use of the file-system, it is well
suited to viewing files located on a network share or mounted over a network.
See important text clearly
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Configurable highlighting
Lines containing particular strings can be highlighted to help you notice important text.
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Automatic TAB expansion
TAB characters embedded in the text are automatically expanded to improve readability of the file.
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Automatic line wrapping
There is a visual indication of the start of each line on the left hand side of the window.
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Configurable font
The font used for output and user input can be customised for maximum readability, or to maximise
the amount of output that can be seen in the window.
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Configurable view options
Inter-line spacing and line wrapping can be configured to make the most of your screen space.
The line offset can be adjusted for fonts which clip when closely spaced.
The update interval can be configured which is useful for minimising network traffic when
viewing files in real-time over a network.
Extract data
Fast to use
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Real-time user experience
Our products are carefully designed to be responsive to user interaction at all times.
Even when processing large data sets or huge files, our tools are designed to perform gracefully and
provide continuous, real-time user interaction.
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No-nonsense user interface
Full access to all features is provided through both the keyboard and the mouse. Commonly used
functions have mouse and keyboard shortcuts.
The main menu can be hidden to save space, as all menu items can be found on the system menu
(accessible with Alt-SPACE and the mouse) at all times.
Our tools do not provide wizards and dockable toolbars.
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Standard window placement options
All of our products provide standard window placement options, including 'Always on Top', for
laying them out on the screen quickly and accurately.
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Automatic window placement on startup
Our tools are automatically moved to your preferred location on the screen each time they are started.
The window placement is stored on exit and restored on restart.
The maximised, minimised or normal window state is also stored and restored.
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Command line interfaces
All of our tools provide a command line interface for command shell users.
This feature also makes it easy to launch our tools from shortcuts and batch files.
Consult the
Command Line Usage
for details on how to use BareTail from the command line.
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Support for Windows XP style user interface controls
Our tools support Windows XP style user interface controls,
so they work with your choice of style, for maximum ease of use.
Fast to deploy and remove
All of our tools are designed to be easily deployed into a range of computing environments.
They are also designed to be easy to completely remove.
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Single, small executable - no installer
Our tools automatically install when they first run. No explicit installation is required -
you may start using them immediately. Because our tools are so small it is possible to run them
from a network share, removing the need to copy the executable to the system where it will be used.
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Easy to remove completely from a system
Because our tools are distributed as a single executable, you can remove them completely from a system by
deleting the executable and the associated registry settings. Consult the
FAQ for more
information on where to find the registry settings. Note that the registry settings can also be copied to
other users to propagate standard configurations to many users.
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Run from the network
Because our tools are so small and they install automatically on the first run, it is possible to
run them from a network share or web page. This feature removes the need to copy the executable to the
system where it will be used.
Support for many file types
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Files of any size (including files larger than 2GB)
All of our tools are designed to handle files of any size, including huge files greater than 2GB in size.
64 bit file sizes are supported.
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Unix and Win32/DOS text files
All of our tools can handle text files in Unix (lines end in a LF character) or
Dos/Windows (lines end in a CR and LF character) format.
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Microsoft IIS logfiles
All of our tools can correctly process Microsoft IIS logfiles and other files which are terminated
in a string of null bytes.
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Binary files
All of our tools are designed to work gracefully with binary files. While they are primarily designed for
use with text files, they can also display binary data (although the output may not be human-readable).
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Support for international character sets
BareTail can display files containing Unicode, UTF-8, ANSI and ASCII text file
formats. BareTail can also be used to view binary files.
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