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Hoo WinTail is a real-time log monitor for Windows like the UNIX tail -f utility. It can be used to view the end of a growing file. It is ideal for viewing application traces or server logs in real time. You can view the last part of a large file without the need to load the entire file quickly. Hoo WinTail is only a file viewer. It makes no changes to the file that is opened. It opens the file in read-only mode. As new lines are written to the file by another program (such as would happen with a log file, for example), Hoo WinTail reads the new lines and displays them. Hoo WinTail can capture and display OutputDebugString (Windows Debug API) and TRACE / ATLTRACE (MS Visual C++ Debug Macro) output as well. Hoo WinTail has an Attractive and intuitive MDI interface. You can monitor multiple log files and capture OutputDebugString output at same time. Features: * Highlight Filters: Highlight specified strings and corresponding line, convenience to go to previous and next highlight string. * MDI Interface: Monitor multiple log files and capture OutputDebugString output at same time. * Bookmarks & Number Bookmarks Support: You can toggle bookmarks and number bookmarks and go to the bookmarks conveniently. * Refresh Rate: Set the rate to monitor updates to the target file. * Text Search: Search for any text string, support search next and previous. * Display Font: Customize display font. * OutputDebugString / TRACE: Capture and display OutputDebugString (Windows Debug API) and TRACE (MS Visual C++ Debug Macro). * Buffer Size: Setting maximum display buffer size and retain line number when truncate content. * With Unicode format log file support. * Both UNIX and DOS/Windows format log files support. * Cut/Copy/Past/Delete showed content arbitrarily, but making no changes to the monitored file. * Drag & Drop support. * Filename may be specified on the command line. * Indicates file size in window title bar.