smileart/slowtail

A little tool to slow the tail :)

slowtail 🐕

A little tool to slow the tail :)

Have you ever experienced difficulties catching the tail?

Struggle no more!

Installation

$ go get github.com/smileart/slowtail

Usage

Slow Tail 🐕

  Usage:
    slowtail [--delay=<ms>] [--rewind=<n>] [--interactive] [--porcelain] <file>
    slowtail --help
    slowtail --version

  Options:
    --interactive, -i      Interactive mode ( ⬆⬇ to make the flow faster/slower )
    --porcelain, -p        Human friendly output in interactive mode 🚽
                           Beware: output shouldn't be used with other commands!
    --delay=<ms>, -d=<ms>  Delay in milliseconds [default: 250]
    --rewind=<n>, -r=<n>   Rewind <n> lines back from the end of file [default: 0]
                           Keep in mind: you can't rewind STDIN but you can skip <n>
                           lines from the beginning using this option

$ tail -f /var/log/fast.log | slowtail -d 2000 -
$ slowtail -d 2000 -r 1000 - < /var/log/long.log
$ slowtail -d 2000 /var/log/nginx/access.log
$ slowtail -d 2000 - < <(ls)
$ slowtail -d 500 -i -p - < <(ls ~)

You can even have a slow cat! SLOW CAT, Carl!

$ cat /var/log/long.log | slowtail -d 1000 -r 100 -
$ cat /tmp/full.txt | slowtail -d 1000 -i - | tee /tmp/partial.txt

License

MIT © Serge Bedzhyk