How to have tail -f show colored output

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command-line colors alias highlighting tail

                          I'd like to be able to tail the output of a server log file that has messages like:

    INFO
    SEVERE

etc, and if it's SEVERE, show the line in red; if it's INFO, in green.  What kind of alias can I setup for a tail command that would help me do this?

Asked by Amir Afghani (7373 rep)

Mar 1, 2011, 07:13 PM
Last activity: May 9, 2025, 02:50 PM

How to have tail -f show colored output

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