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BareTail

BareTail is a real-time log file monitoring tool.

Features

Real-time file viewing
* Optimised real-time viewing engine
* View files of any size (> 2GB)
* Scroll to any point in the whole file instantly
* View files over a network
* Configurable line wrapping
* Configurable TAB expansion
* Configurable font, including spacing and offset to maximise use of screen space

Follow tail mode
* View the end of a growing file in real time, no matter how fast the file grows
* Like "tail -f" on Unix systems, but with many more features

Tail multiple files
* Simultaneously monitor multiple files for changes using tabs
* Visual indication on each tab of file status and changes
* Tabs may be positioned on any side of the window and oriented horizontally or vertically

Configurable highlighting
* Lines containing particular strings can be highlighted to help you notice important text
* Highlight colours are fully customisable

International character sets
* Unicode
* UTF-8
* ANSI
* ASCII

Many file formats
* Windows / DOS text files (lines end in CR/LF pairs)
* Unix text files (lines end in LF)
* Microsoft IIS logfiles (and other files terminated with a string of nulls)

Flexible configuration options and storage
* Many configurable user preferences
* Preferences can be saved to a file, the registry or not at all on exit
* Preferences are loaded from a file in the local directory, a file in the application directory or the registry (in that order)
* Preferences can be loaded and saved at any time by the user, and shared with other users

Single small executable, no installer
* No installation needed, start using the tool immediately
* Small executable can be run from the network
* Easy to temporarily install and then completely remove

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