Question

All,
I was exploring if there can be a tool that helps me to this:

1. View a log file in reverse chronological order i.e. I want to see the latest log statements being written to a log file at the top of the screen and not scroll all the way down every time log file is updated.

2. may be pause while viewing so that while I am reading or analyzing my log files, it does not refresh the screen.

Is it possible?

I am using log4j for logging in my j2ee application.
Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use Apache Chainsaw. Although it doesn’t appear to be actively developed, you can:

• toggle the option of automatically scrolling to the bottom. You can also order the log records in the reverse chronological order, to display the most recent records first, so the previous option is no longer required.
• pause log record collection. This will discard any log records and will not update the display until you resume collection.