WinTail is a freeware Tail for Windows tool, capable of simulating the LINUX / UNIX tail command, including extra features offered by the Windows GUI concept.

Includes features such as SMTP and sound notifications of specific keywords found within the files being monitored by a sort of grep functionalty.

This tool is compatible with all 32bit/64bit Windows platforms both client and server.

Features

  • Monitor multiple files simultaneously
  • Intuitive graphic user interface
  • Grep-Like feature of one or more terms with keywords highlights
  • Tabbed UI / Non tabbed UI are available
  • Drag and drop your files to tail them quickly and easily
  • Support Ansi and UTF8 encodings
  • Email reports of the matching keywords found within the input file
  • Sound alerts when the matching keywords are found within the input file
  • Real-time file viewing
  • Follow tail mode (like tail -f on Unix)
  • View files of any size (> 2GB)
  • Export to an external file all application registry settings
  • Portable version: no installer
  • Command-line arguments are accepted
  • Check for updates included

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License

Public Domain

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Windows

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop, Management, System Administrators

User Interface

Win32 (MS Windows)

Programming Language

C#

Related Categories

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Registered

2014-07-27