baretail is a realtime log file monitoring tool.
features
realtime file viewing* optimised realtime viewing engine* view files of any size (> 2gb)* scroll to any point in the whole file instantly* view files over a network* configurable line wrapping* configurable tab expansion* configurable font, including spacing and offset to maximise use of screen space
follow tail mode * view the end of a growing file in real time, no matter how fast the file grows* like "tail f" on unix systems, but with many more features
tail multiple files * simultaneously monitor multiple files for changes using tabs* visual indication on each tab of file status and changes* tabs may be positioned on any side of the window and oriented horizontally or vertically
configurable highlighting * lines containing particular strings can be highlighted to help you notice important text* highlight colours are fully customisable
international character sets* unicode* utf8* ansi* ascii
many file formats* windows / dos text files (lines end in cr/lf pairs)* unix text files (lines end in lf)* microsoft iis logfiles (and other files terminated with a string of nulls)
flexible configuration options and storage * many configurable user preferences* preferences can be saved to a file, the registry or not at all on exit* preferences are loaded from a file in the local directory, a file in the application directory or the registry (in that order)* preferences can be loaded and saved at any time by the user, and shared with other users
single small executable, no installer* no installation needed, start using the tool immediately* small executable can be run from the network* easy to temporarily install and then completely remove
