Freeware BareTail 3.50a

Real-time file viewing

Optimized real-time viewing engine

• View files of any size (> 2GB)
• Scroll to any point in the whole file instantly
• View files over a network
• Configurable line wrapping
• Configurable TAB expansion
• Configurable font, including spacing and offset to maximise use of screen space
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• Follow tail mode

• View the end of a growing file in real time, no matter how fast the file grows
• Like "tail -f" on Unix systems, but with many more feature
• Tail multiple files

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  Simultaneously monitor multiple files for changes using tabs
  
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  Visual indication on each tab of file status and changes
  
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  Tabs may be positioned on any side of the window and oriented horizontally or vertically
  

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  Configurable highlighting
  
  
  
  
  • Lines containing particular strings can be highlighted to help you notice important text
    Highlight colors are fully customizable
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  • Many file formats
• Windows / DOS text files (lines end in CR/LF pairs)
• Unix text files (lines end in LF)
• Microsoft IIS logfiles (and other files terminated with a string of nulls)

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  Flexible configuration options and storage
  
  
  
  
  Many configurable user preferences
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• Preferences can be saved to a file, the registry or not at all on exit
  Preferences are loaded from a file in the local directory, a file in the application directory or the registry (in that order)
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• Preferences can be loaded and saved at any time by the user, and shared with other users
  
  
  
  

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Single small executable, no installer

No installation needed, start using the tool immediately

• Small executable can be run from the network
• Easy to temporarily install and then completely remove