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| watch | ||
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| README.md | ||
| rate.go | ||
| tail.go | ||
| tail_test.go | ||
README.md
Go package for tail-ing files
A Go package striving to emulate the features of the BSD tail program.
t, err := tail.TailFile("/var/log/nginx.log", tail.Config{Follow: true})
for line := range t.Lines {
fmt.Println(line.Text)
}
See API documentation.
Log rotation
Tail comes with full support for truncation/move detection as it is designed to work with log rotation tools.
Installing
go get github.com/ActiveState/tail/...