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NAME

       colortail - log colorizer that makes log checking easier

SYNOPSIS

       colortail [options][file...]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the colortail commands.

       colortail  is  basically tail but with support for colors. With the help of color config files you define
       what part of the output to print in which color.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

       -f, --follow
              Output appended data as the file grows.

       -k, --config=file
              --config=file1,file2,...  Color config files for the tail files. If  only  one  config  file  it's
              global otherwise one config file for each tail file.

       -n, --lines=N
              Output the last N lines, instead of last 10.

       -l     Display without colors.

       -q, --quiet, --silent
              Never output headers giving file names.

       -v, --version
              Output version information and exit.

       AUTHOR
              colortail was written by Joakim Andersson <ja@joakimandersson.se> Copyright (C) 2009

       This  manual  page  was written by Elías Alejandro Año Mendoza <ealmdz@gmail.com>, for the Debian project
       (and may be used by others).

                                                January  2, 2010                                    COLORTAIL(1)