---
name: "colortail"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "colortail"
version: "0.3.4+git20191125.ad3bc53-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/colortail"
---

# colortail(1)

log colorizer that makes log checking easier

## NAME

colortail - log colorizer that makes log checking easier

## SYNOPSIS

**colortail** \[*options*\]*\[file...\]*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **colortail** commands.

**colortail** is basically tail but with support for colors. With the help of color  config files you define what part of the output to print in which color.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-f, --follow**

  Output appended data as the file grows.

- **-k, --config=file**

  **--config=file1,file2,...** Color config files for the tail files. If only one config file it's global otherwise one config file for each tail file.

- **-n, --lines=N**

  Output the last N lines, instead of last 10.

- **-l**

  Display without colors.

- **-q, --quiet, --silent**

  Never output headers giving file names.

- **-v, --version**

  Output version information and exit.

- colortail was written by Joakim Andersson \<ja@joakimandersson.se\> Copyright (C) 2009

  ## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Elías Alejandro Año Mendoza \<ealmdz@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).