This is a custom tail -f command implemetation in nodejs and using browser as command output implemented over websocket. Server uses port - 9211, you can change this in server.js file.
- Clone this repo
cd ./nodetailfnpm installnode server.js <file-path>example -node server.js ./file.log- Monitor the tailed file at - http://127.0.0.1:port in any browser.
You can run cd nodetailf & node writer.js <file-path> to append random data at specific interval in case you want to avoid adding new text lines in file manually.