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| PYGTAIL(1) |
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PYGTAIL(1) |
NAME¶
pygtail - read log file lines that have not been read
SYNOPSIS¶
pygtail [options] logfile
DESCRIPTION¶
Print log file lines that have not been read.
OPTIONS¶
- -h, --help
- show this help message and exit
- -o OFFSET_FILE, --offset-file=OFFSET_FILE
- File to which offset data is written (default:
<logfile>.offset).
- -p, --paranoid
- Update the offset file every time we read a line (as opposed to only when
we reach the end of the file).
- -n EVERY_N, --every-n=EVERY_N
- Update the offset file every n'th time we read a line (as opposed to only
when we reach the end of the file).
- --no-copytruncate
- Don't support copytruncate-style log rotation. Instead, if the log file
shrinks, print a warning.
- --version
- Print version and exit.
