Tail for Windows

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

Related Categories

C# Logging Software

Registered

2014-07-27

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