Hoo WinTail is a real-time log monitor
for Windows like the UNIX tail -f utility. It is ideal
for monitoring application traces or server log in real-time. You can monitor the
last part of a large file quickly without the need to load the entire file.
Hoo WinTail has an attractive and intuitive MDI
interface. You can monitor multiple log files
at a time.
The following features help you to monitor log.
MDI
& Tabbed Interfaces
Monitor multiple logs at a time
Click tab item or move cursor to tab bar and scroll mouse wheel to switch
log windows
You can set a color mark for special tab item of log
Hoo WinTail will flash tab icon of inactive
document when new data of the document were captured
Highlight
Filters
Highlight designated phrases with custom text color and background color
Highlight entire line that line includes highlight phrases
Send notification emails for designated highlight phrases occurrence
Write the line that includes specified highlight phrase to a specified file
Include/Exclude
Filters
Include Filter: A line must include specific phrases then it
can be shown
Exclude Filter: A line will not be shown if it includes specific
phrases
Red
Line
Hoo WinTail will draw a red line to separate new text lines
from old text lines when new data was captured and document is inactive or Hoo
WinTail loses focus
Press F12 to move to next red line and press Shift+F12 to move to previous
red line
Bookmarks
& Numeric Bookmarks
Hoo WinTail supports bookmarks and numeric bookmarks
Double-click left-margin to toggle bookmark
File
Size
Hoo WinTail indicates file size in window title bar
Hoo WinTail can check whether log file were truncated automatically
You can use command "File -> Truncate" to truncate current log
file
Command
Line
Hoo WinTail supports command line to open logs and capture OutputDebugString
output
Hoo WinTail supports the following command line arguments. WinTail.exe [-d] [filename1] [filename2] ... [filenameN] "-d" means capturing OutputDebugString output
Press
Ctrl and Roll Mouse Wheel
Normal wheel means vertical scroll. If you press Ctrl and roll wheel, Hoo
WinTail scrolls window horizontally
