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BareTail

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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.
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License model

  • FreemiumProprietary

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Windows
Discontinued

The latest version of the application is from November 2006.

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Features

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  1.  Support for Large File
  2.  Monitor File Changes
  3.  Monitor FileSystem Changes

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BareTail information

  • Developed by

    US flagBare Metal Software
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    free version with limited functionality.
  • Alternatives

    45 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about BareTail, and it has gotten 36 likes

BareTail was added to AlternativeTo by Kolban on Dec 4, 2009 and this page was last updated Mar 11, 2019.

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Top Positive Comment
ryansmith1
Sep 13, 2017
1

It's 2017 and I've still not found a more stable alternative than Baretail, which was last updated in 2006. It's spartan on features but it works.

Klaus Hartwig
Jul 15, 2019

Hi ryansmith1! I wrote an alternative by my self (I missed some features in baretail). So it would be interesting for what you think about it. You wanna have a try?

pschweitz
Jun 27, 2016
3

You can checkout in'side log icon in'side log .

A Java tool I created, able to read local and distant log files using SSH. It is fairly simple to use.

Some more explanations: https://github.com/pschweitz/insidelog/wiki

Just download the version corresponding to your operating system, or the native jar release executable within your Java Runtime (requires java 8_40 or higher):

https://github.com/pschweitz/insidelog/releases

You can find a complete documentation (embedded with and in Github's page as well)

[Edited by pschweitz, January 22]

pigpen
Feb 23, 2011
2

This tool is from 2006 and I still haven't found a better one.

What is 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