MLTAIL(1)

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version 0.6 · 4 versions
, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

✨ NAME ✨

mltail — a tail frontend for multilog files 💅 bestie this is literally the log-peeping glow-up you've been waiting for

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mltail [OPTION]... SERVICE [TAIL-OPTION]...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so. mltail is a tail frontend for multilog files. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "I just want to watch my logs, why is this hard" energy, and honestly? valid.

here's the tea on the options:

  • -f, --follow — output appended data as the file grows 👀 (yes bestie, it keeps scrolling, it does NOT let go)
  • -h, --help — display help and exit 🫶
  • -V, --version — display version and exit ⭐

so the way this works: this utility is a frontend for tail, and its whole mission in life is making it easy to tail logfiles from services running under daemontools. 🎀

just specify the service name — which, heads up, is the name of the service directory without the leading path. so like, the directory name itself, no /whatever/ in front of it, okay? iykyk.

and here's the fun part: you can specify any tail options after the service name. any of them. go wild. 🌈 if you need more info on those, see the man page for tail.

ngl the "no leading path" thing trips people up literally every time. say it with me: directory name only, bestie. 💖

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? not me being sad about it 🙈 report bugs to Klaus Reimer <k@ailis.de> — they want to hear from you, fr fr.

copyright © 2000-2011 by Klaus Reimer 💜

this is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. periodt. 🔥

okay that's the whole page bestie 💖 this was mltail 0.6, dated February 2021, and it's your User Commands era main character moment. go tail those logs, you absolute icon. slay 🎀✨🦋

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