GLOGG(1)
π GLOGG(1) β like, the manual page bestie π
okay so this is glogg(1) from the General Commands Manual and honestly? she's a little icon. she lets you interactively browse and search through a file π¦ and we're gonna talk about her.
β¨ NAME β¨
glogg β interactively browses and searches through a file π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
glogg [QT options] [File]
π DESCRIPTION π
okay so real talk, this manual page is just a lil quick-and-dirty rundown of the glogg tool. it's not the whole story, it's the trailer. π¬
bestie, this manual page was written specifically for the Debian distribution because the original program literally does not ship with a manual page. that's right, no cap. so for the comprehensive documentation β the full deep dive, the director's cut β please see:
/usr/share/doc/glogg/documentation.html
so what is glogg? she's a GUI application that helps you browse and search through long and complex log files. like when your log file is 4 million lines and your eyes are glazing over? that's her moment. main character energy fr fr. π
β¨ OPTIONS β¨
okay so this program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). a summary of options is included below, but for a full summary of options, just run:
glogg --help
now let's meet the flags, one by one π«Ά
-h,--helpβ show summary of options. your girl is helpful like that.-v,--versionβ show version of program. who is she? which build? find out. β-m,--multiβ allow multiple instance ofgloggto run simultaneously (use together with-s). yes, the multitasking queen. π-s,--load-sessionβ load the previous session (default when no file is passed). she remembers where you left off, iconic behaviour.-n,--new-sessionβ do not load the previous session (default when a file is passed). fresh start, clean slate, new era. β¨-d,--debugβ increase the amount of debug information output by the program. the option can be specified several times to increase the amount further. stack 'em up, more-d= more tea being spilled π
π SEE ALSO π
grep (1)less (1)
π AUTHOR π
this manual page was written by Nicolas Bonnefon nicolas@bonnefon.org for the Debian system (and may be used by others). permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. slay, legally speaking. π
on Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in:
/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
and that's the whole vibe check bestie β¨ she's from the General Commands Manual, she's glogg(1), and she ate. no crumbs. π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: glogg 1.1.4-1.1+b4
- debian trixie: glogg 1.1.4-1.4
- ubuntu jammy: glogg 1.1.4-1.1build2
- ubuntu noble: glogg 1.1.4-1.1ubuntu2
- ubuntu questing: glogg 1.1.4-1.4build1
- ubuntu resolute: glogg 1.1.4-1.4build2
- ubuntu stonking: glogg 1.1.4-1.4build2
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms