What's an efficient way to view the last N lines of a large log file in Windows XP?
Would it be possible to then associate this method with .log
files when double-clicked in Explorer?
What's an efficient way to view the last N lines of a large log file in Windows XP?
Would it be possible to then associate this method with .log
files when double-clicked in Explorer?
Have a look at "Tail for Windows". It boasts the following features on their web page:
A few features of Tail: * Watch multiple files in realtime
* Detect keyword matches, and highlight occurrences
* Send mail notifications on keyword matches by SMTP or MAPI
* Plugin architecture allows you to write specialized handlers
* Can process files of any size on all types of drive (local or networked)
The tail.exe from the Windows 2003 Resource Kit is very limited and does not support the same functionality as its Unix/Linux counterpart.
Check out the UnxUtils. It is native port to Win32 and does not have any external dependenies.
Tail Ace is the program
you could also get the tail.exe from MS themselves: resource kit (shocking I know, but sometimes they do have the right tools, you just have to know where to find them).