tobylvp's comments

I think all of this sounds fine in theory, but the reality is that most logged information will not be needed - ever. Exactly what information is needed when can be difficult to predict. So, if a developer feels something might be important, they should probably log it. Within reason, I think it is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

It seems the author is putting a heavy emphasis on trying to create readable logs. Finding the signal in the noise. I am biased, but I think this is a failure of the tools used to read the logs rather than the logs themselves. This is why I wrote LogViewPlus (https://www.logviewplus.com/).

Glogg is a great tool. We take a bit of a different approach in that we parse the log file. This enables some more in-depth features such as SQL reporting. We also support remote file access (for example, SFTP).

Let me know if you have any questions or feedback. You can reach me on the contact page of the site.

As things currently stand - hard. LogViewPlus is written in .Net using WinForms, so it is heavily tied to Windows. However, Microsoft is evolving. The bulk of the code can now be made to be cross-platform easily, but the front-end remains a problem.

I would love to do a Linux port as soon as there is a viable cross-platform GUI technology with strong 3rd party vendor support. The controls in LogViewPlus are very rich.

It looks like you have done a great job with lnav - it's impressive. I know how much work has gone into LogViewPlus and you must have made a similar commitment. I thought I was the only one crazy enough to want to solve this problem. :-)

I would be happy to chat to a like mind if you are interested. You can contact me here: https://www.logviewplus.com/contact.aspx

Steal away! :-)

I mentioned this below, but you could try LogViewPlus. It has a built in SQL based reporting feature you can use.

You can see it in action here: https://www.logviewplus.com/docs/create_a_custom_report.html

For Windows users, there is LogViewPlus. (I am the author). https://www.logviewplus.com/

It has a similar feature set (tail, syntax highlighting, SQL reporting) with a focus on accessing files remotely.