tailDash 1.5 review
DownloadtailDash Widget allows the user to select which log file they are viewing and the refresh rate of that log.
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tailDash Widget allows the user to select which log file they are viewing and the refresh rate of that log. The viewer window is also resizable to the user's needs.
Upgrade information:
VERY important that you remove:
~/library/preferences/widget-com.protagonist.widget.tailDash.plist
~/library/widgets/tailDash
then ensure that the new tailDash is put in:
~/library/widgets/tailDash
if the widget freezes
(a result of not having removed references to the old version of tailDash)
launch "activity monitor" and select the tailDash process from there and kill it.
or for you command line junkies:
/usr/bin/ps -aux | grep "tailDash"
will get you the pid then kill that.
What's New:
new options:
user definable everything!
you can set:
the font
the colour of the font
the size of the font
the opacity of the background
the refresh rate
the number of lines in the tail command
the size of the viewing window
all of this is remembered so you don't have to reset it every time you launch tailDash
new log files have also been added
new advanced options
when you select advanced in the log file drop down menu you have a wide variety of options:
1. piping grep
in the second field in the advanced options:
/var/log/httpd/access_log | grep ".zip"
will search the last lines of your httpd log file for mention of .zip
2. remote servers - if you have password-less access to a remote server
(see this link for setting that up)
set first field to:
/usr/bin/ssh -l username hostname /usr/bin/tail
and second field:
/var/log/httpd/access_log
if this gives you problems, make sure the command works for you in a regular shell:
/usr/bin/ssh -l username hostname /usr/bin/tail -n10 /var/log/httpd/httpd_log.
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