ctail(1) byobu ctail(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

ctail - watch and colorize a logfile

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**ctail** \[FILE]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**ctail** is a very simple alias that watches a file and colorizes it. It's very useful for monitoring logfiles.

# [EXAMPLE](#EXAMPLE)

ctail /var/log/syslog

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**ccze**(1)](/man/os/byobu/ccze.1), [**tail**(1)](/man/os/byobu/tail.1)

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

This manpage and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or on the web at *http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt*.

23 Oct 2012 byobu

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Document: ctail(1) from byobu 7.22-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/dustinkirkland/byobu