debian man page for colortail

COLORTAIL(1)						      General Commands Manual						      COLORTAIL(1)

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 Elias Alejandro Ano Mendoza <ealmdz@gmail.com>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

								 January  2, 2010						      COLORTAIL(1)