SnakeTail SnakeNest.com

Use this command to install SnakeTail:

winget install --id=snakefoot.snaketail -e

A Windows tail utility for monitoring growing text log files

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Tail utility for monitoring text log files and Windows EventLog

Monitor "large" text log files
Monitor Windows Event Logs (Without needing administrator rights)
Multiple Window Modes supported (MDI, Tabbed, Floating)
Save and load entire window session. Can load session file at startup when given as command line parameter.
Sentence highlight with colors based on keyword match (Includes regex support)
Quickly jump between highlighted sentences using keyboard shortcuts
Toggle bookmarks and quickly jump between bookmarks
Configure external tools and bind custom shortcut key (Trigger execute on highlight)
Tails circular logs where the log file is periodically truncated/renamed
Tails log directory where the latest log file is displayed (Includes wildcards)
Search in the entire text log file (or Windows EventLog)
Highlight window tabs using icons, when file changes are detected
Tail new log files with a simple drag drop from Windows Explorer
Filtering of Windows Event Logs using regular expressions
Display simple process statistics in window title bar (RAM + CPU usage + TRX/Sec)
Stop and start services directly
Change tail window background color
Change tail window text color
Change tail window icon
Minimize to tray
Low memory usage independent of log file size
Low cpu usage even when more than 100 lines/sec
Works well over remote desktop
Supports Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Win2k8, Win7
Requires .NET 2.0
GNU GPL License v3