Revision as of 12:01, 9 March 2019

Multitail allows to view many logs in multi window terminal.

Install

sudo apt-get install multitail

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

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 = Key bindings =
-*<code>u</code> select full size window; hide all windows except the one selected
+*<code>u</code> select full size window; hide all windows except the one selected, cannot scroll
 *<code>U</code> back to multi-window view; un-hide all windows
-*<code>b</code> select a window to preview in a pop-up window
+*<code>b</code> select a window to preview in a pop-up window, you can scroll
 *<code>G</code> select window to dump to a file
 *<code>d</code> delete window