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I now watch 5 logs on my screen and the highlighting makes my job SO EASY!
- Kevin, U.S.A.

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A free real-time log file monitoring tool

• Real-time file viewing

  • Optimised real-time viewing engine

  • View files of any size (> 2GB)

  • Scroll to any point in the whole file instantly

  • View files over a network

  • Configurable line wrapping

  • Configurable TAB expansion

  • Configurable font, including spacing and offset to maximise use of screen space

• Follow tail mode
  

  • View the end of a growing file in real time, no matter how fast the file grows

  • Like "tail -f" on Unix systems, but with many more features

• Tail multiple files
  

  • Simultaneously monitor multiple files for changes using tabs

  • Visual indication on each tab of file status and changes

  • Tabs may be positioned on any side of the window and oriented horizontally or vertically

• Configurable highlighting
  

  • Lines containing particular strings can be highlighted to help you notice important text

  • Highlight colours are fully customisable

• International character sets

  • Unicode

  • UTF-8

  • ANSI

  • ASCII

• Many file formats

  • Windows / DOS text files (lines end in CR/LF pairs)

  • Unix text files (lines end in LF)

  • Microsoft IIS logfiles (and other files terminated with a string of nulls)

• Flexible configuration options and storage
  

  • Many configurable user preferences

  • Preferences can be saved to a file, the registry or not at all on exit

  • Preferences are loaded from a file in the local directory, a file in the application directory or the registry (in that order)

  • Preferences can be loaded and saved at any time by the user, and shared with other users

• Single small executable, no installer

  • No installation needed, start using the tool immediately

  • Small executable can be run from the network

  • Easy to temporarily install and then completely remove

I now watch 5 logs on my screen and the highlighting makes my job SO EASY!
- Kevin, U.S.A.

Product Overview
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FAQ
User Comments