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CLI Magic: MultiTail follows files in style (Linux.com)

[Posted February 13, 2006 by ris]

Linux.com uses MultiTail to follow log files. "Troubleshooting often involves having to watch logfiles in real time. That means using tail or a similar utility to see new messages that are added to a logfile by Apache, MySQL, X.org, or whatever program you're trying to deal with at the time. While tail is usually readily available on *nix systems, I prefer to use MultiTail whenever possible. It has some features that you won't find in tail, such as filtering and a color display, and MultiTail allows you to follow the output from a command as easily as following a logfile."

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Posted Feb 14, 2006 5:14 UTC (Tue) by Cardinal_Bill (guest, #23688) [Link]

Another handy utility is Supersniffer.

http://ftp.cdut.edu.cn/pub/linux/network/utils/SuperSniffer