HPS WinTail is the ultimate Windows port of the Unix tail utility. Just like the Unix tail, HPS WinTail continually displays new lines as they are appended to a text file - for example, a log file or a trace output file. We have added highlighting filters, include filters, exclude filters, and other features that combine to make this a truly useful utility for developers and sysadmins.
Key Features
- Highlight filters - specify filter to highlight lines containing certain text
- Include Filters - specify filter to only include lines containing certain text
- Exclude Filters - specify filter to exclude lines containing certain text
- Refresh Rate - set the rate to look for updates to the text file, from 1 second to 24
hours
- Buffer Size - set no limit, or the maximum number of lines you want
to keep in the display buffer
- Enable/disable tailing - when enabled, automatically keeps the last line in view. You may disable tailing to scroll through the output.
- Detect file truncation - when enabled, detects when the file is shortened
or truncated. With this option enabled, you can also choose to display
a popup message when the file is truncated.
- Text search - search the output for any string
- Bookmarks - set a bookmark at any line you want to return to
- Font - set font for the edit window
