Source: xtail Section: utils Priority: optional Maintainer: xiao sheng wen Standards-Version: 4.6.2 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), Rules-Requires-Root: no Homepage: https://www.unicom.com/sw/xtail Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/xtail Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/xtail.git Package: xtail Architecture: any Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Description: like "tail -f", but works on truncated files, directories, more xtail watches the growth of files. It's like running a "tail -f" on a bunch of files at once. It notices if a file is truncated and starts from the beginning. You can specify both filenames and directories on the command line. If you specify a directory, it watches all the files in that directory. It will notice when new files are created (and start watching them) or when old files are deleted (and stop watching them). . Note that xtail isn't a graphical (X11) program, it runs on a plain tty. The name likely comes from "eXtended tail" or such.