Scroll to navigation

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