Java Log Viewer [closed]

Answer 1

You can try logFaces, it has fantastic real-time log viewer based on eclipse-like design.

Disclosure: I am the author of this product.

Answer 2

I've always used 'tail -f | grep re' or occasionaly 'awk'.

Answer 3

I'll add that for Windows, WireShark makes for a handy syslog viewer, ironically enough. I've tried several other syslog tools, and really, Kiwi is the best for syslog out there, but the "free" version is a bit nerfed. Others I ran into were either poorly programmed (crashing on minor issues -- logview4net), had a poor interface (Star SysLog Daemon Lite), or didn't even run (nxlog)

You can use WireShark's filter language to drill down on log data. It's overkill, but until someone writes a free syslog viewer/collector for Windows and makes it decent, this is one field that will be a hard one for most people.

Example:

# Display level 6 alerts from 192.168.5.90 in WireShark
syslog.level == 6 && ip.addr == 192.168.5.90

Answer 4

LogMX is a crossplatform tool that parses any log format from any source, then displays log entries with many features. By default, it handles formats like Log4j, LogFactor, syslog,... and can read from local file or SFTP, FTP, HTTP... but you can write your own pluggins if your format is another one or if your logs cannot be accessed through classical protocols.

You can monitor logs in realtime like 'tail' or load a whole log file and stop monitoring it.

www.logmx.com

Answer 5

You may want to use a custom log viewer that just works on files. I like Kiwi Log Viewer or Ganymede (an Eclipse plugin), but it's not hard to put a simple Swing app together that reads from the socket.

Answer 6

You didn't mention an OS, so I'll mention this though it is only on Windows.

Bare Metal Software makes a product called BareTail that has a nice interface and works well. They have a free version with a startup nag screen, a licensed version with no nag, and a pro version with additional features. It has configurable highlighting based on matching lines against keywords.

They also have a BareGrep product too, which provides similar grep capabilities. Both are excellent and very stable and better than anything I've seen on Windows. I liked them so much I bought the bundle with both pro versions for $50.