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

                               January  2, 2010