github.com/jingwu15/tail@v1.0.2/README.md (about) 1 # Go package for tail-ing files 2 3 A Go package striving to emulate the features of the BSD `tail` program. 4 5 ```Go 6 t, err := tail.TailFile("/var/log/nginx.log", tail.Config{Follow: true}) 7 for line := range t.Lines { 8 fmt.Println(line.Text) 9 } 10 ``` 11 12 See [API documentation](http://godoc.org/github.com/jingwu15/tail). 13 14 ## Log rotation 15 16 Tail comes with full support for truncation/move detection as it is 17 designed to work with log rotation tools. 18 19 ## Installing 20 21 go get github.com/jingwu15/tail/... 22 23 ## Windows support 24 25 This package [needs assistance](https://github.com/jingwu15/tail/labels/Windows) for full Windows support.