Question

(Briefly, like this question but for Windows servers.)

I have several Win2003 servers running custom application services (C/C++, not Java) that write text-based logs in a custom format.

[2009-07-17 12:34:56.7890]\t  INFO\t<ThreadID>\tLog message...
[2009-07-17 12:34:56.7890]\t *WARN\t<ThreadID>\tLog message...
[2009-07-17 12:34:56.7890]\t**ERR \t<ThreadID>\tLog message...

I would like to have a way to easily and efficiently (over a not-very-fast VPN) “watch” these logs for lines that match a pattern (like tail -f |grep -E on linux). Ideally the output would need to be aggregated, not one window/shell per file or per server, and a Windows application would be best, so that I can put it in front of people who are command-line-phobic.

Any recommendations?

edit: fixed link

Answer 1

Try using baretail