GUI version of tail command 2

[cardy]

Does anyone know of a gui version of the tail command (I've only come across windows versions so far). I would preferably like it to have a highlighting feature and possibly the ability to tail multiple files at the same time.

 

[jad]

<pull up xterm>
tail -f <filename> &
tail -f <filename2> &

?

 

[cardy]

In what way does this solution qualify as a "GUI version"?

 

[jad]

if you're using a graphical xterm, it seems graphical to me

 

[chipperMDW]

http://www.unicom.com/sw/xtail/

?

 

[jad]

now thats a good link

 

[unixfreak]

How's that different?

 

[jad]

it has the ability to watch directories, and look out for files that will be created _after_ the command is run, it also spots if the files are archived, and moves to new files (meaning it obviously doesn't attach to the filehandle same as normal tail)

thats a nice feature in any case, even if it seems inherently wrong in others

it also has the letter 'x' at the beginning of it and it's followed by the word 'tail' not by the word 'term' so 'cardy' might be happier with that response ... having said that, i'd still probably use the xterm, or even better multiple xterms so that i don't get confused with the output.

xtail seems to be a nice program, as far as fixing a few 'tail' problems i've heard talked about on this forum before. the 'how can i make "tail -f" work when i rename the file eg. to watch /var/adm/messages when the log file gets big'