toolong
View, tail, merge, and search log files
TLDR
Open and view a log file
$ tl [access.log]
Merge and view multiple logs by timestamp$ tl [server.log] [app.log] --merge
Pipe live output into toolong$ tail -f [/var/log/syslog] | tl
Tail a log file (start at the end)$ tl --tail [access.log]
SYNOPSIS
tl [options] [files...]
DESCRIPTION
toolong is a terminal application for viewing and analyzing log files, including JSONL. It can open multi-gigabyte files instantly, live-tail logs, auto-detect timestamps for merging multiple files, handle compressed .bz/.bz2 files, and syntax-highlight common log formats.
PARAMETERS
--merge
Merge multiple log files by timestamp.--tail
Start at the end of the file.-h, --help
Display help information.-V, --version
Display version information.
INSTALL
nix profile install nixpkgs#toolong
HISTORY
toolong was created by Will McGugan (Textualize) and is written in Python using the Textual framework.
