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TSPIN(1) | User Commands | TSPIN(1) |
NAME¶
tspin - log file highlighter and a drop-in replacement for tail -f
SYNOPSIS¶
tspin [OPTIONS] [FILE]
DESCRIPTION¶
A log file highlighter
Arguments:¶
- [FILE]
- Filepath
OPTIONS¶
-f, --follow
- Follow the contents of a file
-p, --print
- Print the output to stdout
--config-path <CONFIG_PATH>
- Provide a custom path to a configuration file
-e, --exec <EXEC>
- Run command and view the output in a pager
--highlight <COLOR_WORD>
- Highlights in the form color:word1,word2
- [possible values: red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan]
--enable <ENABLED_HIGHLIGHTERS>
- Enable specific highlighters
- [possible values: numbers, urls, pointers, dates, paths, quotes, key-value-pairs, uuids, ip-addresses, processes, json]
--disable <DISABLED_HIGHLIGHTERS>
- Disable specific highlighters
- [possible values: numbers, urls, pointers, dates, paths, quotes, key-value-pairs, uuids, ip-addresses, processes, json]
--disable-builtin-keywords
- Disable the highlighting of all builtin keyword groups (booleans, nulls, log severities and common REST verbs)
--pager <PAGER>
- Override the default pager command used by tspin. (e.g. `--pager="ov -f [FILE]"`)
- [env: TAILSPIN_PAGER=]
-h, --help
- Print help (see a summary with '-h')
-V, --version
- Print version
August 2025 | tspin 5.4.5 |