https://github.com/etcinit/sauron

CLI tool for tail-ing a whole log directory recursively and dynamically
https://github.com/etcinit/sauron

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CLI tool for tail-ing a whole log directory recursively and dynamically

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/etcinit/sauron
• Owner: etcinit
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-04-26T23:32:02.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-05-05T06:39:47.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-20T18:45:46.413Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Go
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• Size: 176 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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CLI tool for tail-ing a whole log directory recursively and dynamically

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## What and why?

`tail` is really nice for monitoring logs. It also works recursively:

`tail -f **/*.log`, which means you can use it to monitor a directory of logs.

However, I couldn't find a simple command for doing this and automatically

following new files.

Sauron is a tool that allows you to do exactly that. Run it in a directory and

it will essentially output the result of calling tail -f on every single file

within the directory (even ones created after the command is ran).

Sauron is also a library, so you can extend the functionality to push logs to

an external service or database.

## Can I haz?

Yes,

```sh

# Tap

brew tap etcinit/homebrew-etcinit

# Install

brew install sauron

# Get usage info

sauron help

```

or if you have GOPATH setup:

```sh

# Get the package

go get github.com/etcinit/sauron

# Get usage info (make sure $GOPATH/bin is in your $PATH)

sauron help

```

## Future ideas:

- Filter by regex

- Integrated support for sinks (InfluxDB, ElasticSearch, MySQL, syslogd)

- Better error reporting

Feel free to open a PR if you have something you would like to add