snl / snail

snl ("snail") slows the output down, think tail -f but at a configurable constant output rate 🐌

Slow down the output of logs and other text streams in your terminal and make them easier to follow.

Installation

• The application is available at crates.io: https://crates.io/crates/snl
• cargo install snl

Build

• cargo build

Usage

snl is the right tool for you if you view logs in real-time but the output is simply too fast to follow or comes in bursts of too many lines. With snl you can specify how many lines per second should appear on your termal.

Per default snl prints out 2 lines per second, the rate is configurable.

snl reads from a single file or from stdin.

• Tail a log file: snl /some/file.log
• Use snl as a target for a pipe: tail -f server.log | grep "error" | snl
• Watch an application log, 5 lines per second: snl /application.log -r 5