Linux multitail

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Multitail allows to view many logs in multi window terminal.

Install

sudo apt-get install multitail

Key bindings

  • u select full size window; hide all windows except the one selected, cannot scroll
  • U back to multi-window view; un-hide all windows
  • b select a window to preview in a pop-up window, you can scroll
  • G select window to dump to a file
  • d delete window
  • m limit of lines to display, equivalent eg. tail -500
  • q exit
  • ctrl + g cancel /or return /or exit