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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]
Path to file or folder

OPTIONS

-f, --follow

Follow the contents of a file

-e, --start-at-end

Start at the end of the file

-p, --print

Print the output to stdout

--config-path <CONFIG_PATH>

Provide a custom path to a configuration file

-c, --listen-command <LISTEN_COMMAND>

Capture the output (stdout) of a command and view it in `less`

--words-red <WORDS_RED>

Highlight the provided words in red

--words-green <WORDS_GREEN>

Highlight the provided words in green

--words-yellow <WORDS_YELLOW>

Highlight the provided words in yellow

--words-blue <WORDS_BLUE>

Highlight the provided words in blue

--words-magenta <WORDS_MAGENTA>

Highlight the provided words in magenta

--words-cyan <WORDS_CYAN>

Highlight the provided words in cyan

--enable <ENABLE>

Enable specific highlighters [possible values: numbers, urls, pointers, dates, paths, quotes, key-value-pairs, uuids, ip-addresses, processes, json]

--disable <DISABLE>

Disable specific highlighters [possible values: numbers, urls, pointers, dates, paths, quotes, key-value-pairs, uuids, ip-addresses, processes, json]

--no-builtin-keywords

Disable the highlighting of all builtin keyword groups (booleans, nulls, log severities and common REST verbs)

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version
February 2025 tspin 4.0.0