xtail
a multi-file tail(1)
v2.1
xtail watches the growth of files.
It's like running a "tail -f" on a bunch of files at once. You can specify both filenames and directories on the command line. If you specify a directory, it watches all the files in that directory. It will notice when new files are created (and start watching them) or when old files are deleted (and stop watching them). === HISTORICAL NOTES === This program is an oldie but goodie. It was posted to comp.sources.misc in July 1989 (see ftp.uu.net:/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume7/xtail.Z). I remember posting an even earlier version to alt.sources. It has been published in the O'Reilly & Associates "Unix Power Tools" collection (book and CD-ROM). Over the years, some fly-by-night organizations (such as the MIT X Consortium and SGI) have tried to steal the "xtail" name. Don't be fooled! Insist on the original. The 1989 release credited David Dykstra for his contributions. Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>Download
The easiest way to download and install this software is by the SailfishOS:Chum GUI app. If you wish to download the RPM file by yourself, please expand the section below.
App information
- Package name
- xtail
- Version
- 2.1-1.3.1.bso
- Licence
- BSD
- Developer
- Chip Rosenthal
- Last updated
- 2026-05-28 21:54:04
- Download size
- 13.9 KiB
- Installed size
- 65.8 KiB
- Checksum (sha256)
- 6fa77631257d2a5b7eb9ba572796b735c60b04fc34b0276c949ee1b047a23729