nodejs-tail v1.1.1

nodejs-tail

Simple NodeJs implementation of tail command.

Install

yarn add nodejs-tail

Syntax

new Tail(filename, options)

• filename - file to watch
• options - chokidar watcher options, with hard coded next values: { alwaysStat: true, ignoreInitial: false, persistent: true, }

Example

const Tail = require('nodejs-tail');

const filename = 'some.log';
const tail = new Tail(filename);

tail.on('line', (line) => {
  process.stdout.write(line);
})

tail.on('close', () => {
  console.log('watching stopped');
})

tail.watch();

setTimeout(() => {
  tail.close();
}, 3000);

MIT License. Copyright (c) 2017-2020 Vladimir Kuznetsov