ktail - a file monitor

General

ktail shows the content of log files like tail -f. Additionally it can read from a pipe.

You may toggle the statusbar by clicking into the text with the middle mouse button and the menu bar with a right click.

The decoration can be toggled with the right mouse button while pressing the control key.

You may add a file by simply dragging it onto ktail or use the menu option and the file selector.

For creating a pipe just choose the menu option "Add pipe" and enter the command as you would do in a terminal.
This is experimental, some commands (e.g. vmstat) do not work with the current method.

Filter

Filters may be applied on a per file base. The pattern is a regular expression.
A dot (.) stands for a single character, an asterisk (*) for no, one or more repetitions.
A carret (^) at the beginning says that the pattern must match the beginning of the line, a trailing dollar ($) for the end of the line.
Characters may be grouped in square brackets ([ and ]) in which case one character of the group must match.
For a complete description, see the manual page for grep(1).

Warning : The usage of filters slows down the monitoring significantly.

The home page of ktail is www.franken.de/users/duffy1/rjakob.