HPS WinTail v1.5.4

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HPS WinTail is the ultimate Windows port of the Unix tail utility. Just like the Unix tail, HPS WinTail continually displays new lines as they are appended to a text file – for example, a log file or a trace output file. We have added highlighting filters that allow you to immediately pick out lines that contain specific keywords - even when the lines are very long, as with many server and web logs. HPS WinTail can handle very large files, and offers search and bookmark features to allow you to easily navigate the file.

Here is what the main HPS WinTail window looks like:

Notice the lines that are highlighted. This is because highlight filters were set up in the Highlight Filters dialog:

In addition to highlighting filters, HPS WinTail also has include/exclude filters. To focus only on the lines that contain certain keywords, you may set up include filters, to include only those lines containing specific text. In addition, you may also set up exclude filters, to eliminate lines containing only "boilerplate" or repetitive text that is of no interest. These and other features combine to make HPS WinTail a truly useful utility for developers and sysadmins.

Key Features

• Highlight filters - specify filter to highlight lines containing certain text
• Include Filters - specify filter to only include lines containing certain text
• Exclude Filters - specify filter to exclude lines containing certain text
• Refresh Rate - set the rate to look for updates to the text file, from 1 second to 24 hours
• Buffer Size - set no limit, or the maximum number of lines you want to keep in the display buffer
• Enable/disable tailing - when enabled, automatically keeps the last line in view. You may disable tailing to scroll through the output.
• Detect File Truncation - when enabled, automatically refreshes the file display when the file is shortened or truncated. When this option is enabled, you may also choose to display a popup message when the file is truncated.
• Text search - search the output for any string
• Bookmarks - set a bookmark at any line you want to return to
• Font - set font for the edit window

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	System Requirements
Microsoft Windows® 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, or Windows Server 2003 2 MB free hard disk space 233 MHz processor (400 MHz recommended) 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended)

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