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Created February 5, 2011 05:22
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"tail -f" a log archive with colored output
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colored_tail.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Usage: colored_tail.sh [logfile]
tail -f ${1} | perl -pe 's/^\[DEBUG\].*$/\e[35m$&\e[0m/g;s/^\[INFO\].*$/\e[36m$&\e[0m/g;s/^\[WARN\].*$/\e[33m$&\e[0m/g;s/^\[ERROR\].*$/\e[31m$&\e[0m/g;'
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