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LOG Viewer
Viewer and filter for large text files, especially the Cobasoft LOG file format. Download: logvw.zip
LogVw requires .NET Framework Runtime 6.0.5.
The related downloads should be available at:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0
.
We recommend downloading ".NET Desktop Runtime 6.0.5".
LogVw -- View and filter large text files.
Usage: logvw [options] filename: open that file.
or: logvw -h: show this help text.
or: logvw -l: open the latest (newest) log file.
or: logvw -j wildcard: join matching files into one LOG.
Options:
-d: show reader timing information.
-s n: replace all tabs with N spaces (0 < n < 32).
-w n: wrap lines after N chars (8 < n < 32767).
-c codepage: use codepage.
-i: turn off ignore-case
-u: turn-on automatic update
-f regex: set filter regex
-t regex: set task regex
-x regex: set eXclusion regex
-g regex: set highliGht regex
Regular expressions can be used for searching and filtering.
Searching is started by pressing S and entering a regex.
Then pressing A or D moves to the next or previous match.
The match line is shown in a light blue color.
Filtering is based on three regex: Filter, Task and Exclude.
Only lines matching Filter OR Task, but NOT Exclude are shown.
The Task regex is always automatically surrounded by spaces.
Keyboard Commands:
-- Filters
F Filter regex.
T Task regex.
X eXclusion regex.
E Expand: Clear F,X,T filters.
H Highlight regex.
I Ignore case, for all regex.
-- Load and Refresh
L Load text file again and refresh screen.
R Refresh screen.
U Update mode; reload changes, 5 sec.
O Open another LOG file.
-- Searching
A bAckwards search again.
S Search regex.
D forwarD search again.
Z forware search again and center.
-- Others
C Copy to clipboard.
G Go to line number or percentage.
J Get statistics from filtered input.
, Open shell in new window (cmd.exe).
? Show this help text.
Esc Quit LogVw.
Navigation Keys [normal / with CTRL / with SHIFT ]:
Left 1 column / half width / quarter width
Right 1 column / half width / quarter width
Up 1 row / half page / quarter page
Down 1 row / half page / quarter page
PgUp 1 page / 10 pages
PgDn 1 page / 10 pages
Home top / first column
End end / max column
In all prompts, the features of DOSKEY are available.
Run 'doskey /?' to get a summary or go to
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/doskey
We recommend using the the legacy console or to
activate QuickEdit and disable 'Enable Ctrl key shortcuts'.
Download from: https://cobasoft.net/en/utils.htm
Author: Cobasoft GmbH, Karl-W. Geitz, © since 2017.
