ctail(1) byobu ctail(1)
NAME
ctail - watch and colorize a logfile
SYNOPSIS
ctail [FILE]
DESCRIPTION
ctail is a very simple alias that watches a file and colorizes it.
It's very useful for monitoring logfiles.
EXAMPLE
ctail /var/log/syslog
SEE ALSO
ccze(1), tail(1)
AUTHOR
This manpage and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirk-
land@ubuntu.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Per-
mission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document un-
der the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by
the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or on the web at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.
byobu 23 Oct 2012 ctail(1)
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