The WinLogTail application was designed to be a log viewer, monitor and analyzer.

Here are some key features of "WinLogTail":

· fast open and browse log files, regardless of file size
· monitor log file for changes live - as new log lines are appended, they are instantly visible in WinLogTail
· "rules" for highlighting, searching and alerting
· rules use either regular expressions or simplified order-insensitive logical patterns
· highliting: specify font style, foreground and background color for any log line according to its content (for example, red color for lines with word "error")
· searching: output certain lines to "filtered view" (also updated live)
· alerting: you can send WinLogTail to background, and it will flash window or play sound as soon as specific line is appended to the log file
· context scrolling: click a line in filtered view, and the main view will scroll to the relevant position
· can define multiple rules at once, modify, delete, rearrange, deactivate etc
· import and export rules
· command-line options to quickly select file, rules and operation mode
· copy to clipboard or export to file - in plain text, RTF or HTML formats
· small executable file with no installation and external dependencies


Limitations:

· unicode logfiles not supported (ansi lat only)
· logfiles >2GB not supported

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· feature: a "new" button to close (unlock) the current logfile, but retain the current rule set. Handy if you want to delete the current logfile and start over.
· feature: you can now search within search results (filtered view), using a conventional "Find..." dialog.
· feature: the Ctrl F shortcut, anticipated by first-time users, sets focus to the quick-search box.