QSTAIL(1)

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version 11.74 · 2 versions
, in epel 9, ubuntu noble

✨ QSTAIL(1) ✨

okay so bestie, this is the qstail manual page — an absolute little legend of a utility that prints the end of a log file starting at the pattern you tell it to. yes, starting at, not just "last N lines", and that's the whole vibe. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

qstail — an utility printing the end of a log file starting at the specified pattern.

like, it's giving tail, but make it pattern-aware. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

qstail -i <path> -p <pattern>

two flags, that's it, that's the whole entire menu. slay. 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so here's the tea ☕ — qstail shows you the end of a log file, and it begins right at the line that contains the pattern you specified. not before it, not around it, beginning with it. iconic behaviour honestly.

and why is that lowkey genius? because it means you can show all lines which has been written after a certain event (e.g., server restart) or time stamp. 🕐🔄

so instead of scrolling through a million lines of noise wondering when the server got its life together and restarted, you just point qstail at the pattern and it hands you everything from that moment forward. main character energy fr fr. 💜

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -i <path> — Input file to read the data from. like, the actual file, bestie. the one with the logs in it. 🗂️
  • -p <pattern> — Search pattern (literal string). note the literal string part — no regex shenanigans here, no cap. what you type is what it looks for. 🎯

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole squad, all your faves, the entire friend group 🫶:

qsdt(1), qsexec(1), qsfilter2(1), qsgeo(1), qsgrep(1), qshead(1), qslog(1), qslogger(1), qspng(1), qsre(1), qsrespeed(1), qsrotate(1), qssign(1)

iykyk. 💫

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Pascal Buchbinder, http://mod-qos.sourceforge.net/

giving credit where credit is due, periodt. 🌟

fr fr, that's the whole page. no notes. go tail some logs and feel powerful. 💖

anyway, this was the mod_qos utilities 11.74 edition, dated May 2023 — mwah, bye bestie! 🎀✨🌸

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