tspin

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A log file highlighter based on the `less` pager and basically behaves like any pager.

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Options (2)

-p, --printboolean

Read from a file and print to `stdout` without paging

Example: tspin {{path/to/file.log}} {{[-p|--print]}}

-f, --followboolean

Follow a file (mimics `tail -f`) and highlight new entries

Example: tspin {{[-f|--follow]}} {{path/to/file.log}}

Examples (8)

View a log file using the default pager (`less`)

tspin path/to/file.log

Read from another command and print to `stdout`

command | tspin

Read from a file and print to `stdout` without paging

tspin path/to/file.log [-p|--print]

Follow a file (mimics `tail -f`) and highlight new entries

tspin [-f|--follow] path/to/file.log

Highlight specific groups only (possible values: `numbers`, `urls`, `pointers`, `dates`, `paths`, `quotes`, `key-value-pairs`, `uuids`, `ip-addresses`, `processes`, `json`)

tspin --enable urls,ip-addresses,... path/to/file.log

Use a custom pager (the `[FILE]` string is a required literal placeholder)

tspin --pager "bat -p [FILE]" path/to/file.log

Highlight custom strings with custom colors

tspin --highlight red:ERROR,WARNING,... path/to/file.log

Run the provided command and view the output in `less`

tspin --exec='command'

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