mtail (1)

mtail [options] <file>...

MonkeyTail allows a user to tail multiple files on both local and remote hosts and clearly marks inactivity by putting 5 newlines in the output whenever a pause in output over 3 seconds is detected.

MonkeyTail is implemented a fairly simple wrapper script around standard tail, ssh, and sudo.

-q

Quiet mode

--quiet

" "

-n

Output the last N lines of each file before tailing (defaults to 0)

<file>...

Files to tail.

• These can specified in the following ways:

@<groupname>

- expands the group (from .mtailrc) to a list of

• files to tail

<filename>

- tails a local file.

+<filename> - attempts to sudo and tail a local file (will

prompt for pwd if required).

<remotehost>:<filename>

- attempts to invoke tail via ssh on a remote

• host.

+<remotehost>:<filename> - attempts to invoke sudo tail via ssh on a

remote host (will prompt for pwd if required).

mtailrc(5), tail(1)

Martyn Smith <[email protected]>