Custom file monitoring
The Evolution of a Command
From a simple beginning, the tail
family of commands has evolved steadily towards greater sophistication. The ability to customize colors alone can makes colortail
more efficient than the original tail
command. MultiTail takes that evolution several steps further, allowing admins not only complete control over how files are displayed, but also enhanced monitoring of multiple files.
So which should you use? The answer is both a matter of taste and complexity. For simple monitoring, especially at home, colortail
should be more than enough to meet your needs. Although it lacks most of the features of MultiTail, often colortail
can get the job done.
By contrast, MultiTail is likely to cope best with networks or the need to monitor several files at a time. However, its sophistication comes at the price of greater complexity. The fact that its options and keyboard commands can be eccentric only makes it more difficult to learn.
Personally, I install both on my machines. That way, I can use colortail
for simple file paging and MultiTail for more advanced work. In other words, I let the task decide.
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