multitail

Extension of tail. More information: <https://manned.org/multitail>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/multitail.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install multitail
Ubuntu
apt-get install multitail
Alpine
apk add multitail
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S multitail
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install multitail
Fedora
dnf install multitail
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install multitail
OS X
brew install multitail
Raspbian
apt-get install multitail
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/multitail multitail powered by Commando

Extension of tail. More information: <https://manned.org/multitail>.

  • Tail all files matching a pattern in a single stream:
    multitail -Q 1 'pattern'
  • Tail all files in a directory in a single stream:
    multitail -Q 1 'path/to/directory/*'
  • Automatically add new files to a window:
    multitail -Q pattern
  • Show 5 logfiles while merging 2 and put them in 2 columns with only one in the left column:
    multitail -s 2 -sn 1,3 mergefile -I file1 file2 file3 file4

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