ccze<\/a>, most distributions have it in their repositories. CCZE is a robust and modular log colorizer with plugins for apm, exim, fetchmail, httpd, postfix, procmail, squid, syslog, ulogd, vsftpd, xferlog, and more. It brightens up the log view.<\/p>\nTo quickly test it, try tail -f var\/log\/messages | ccze -A<\/p>\n
The -A switch prevents ccze from starting itself in a curses window.<\/p>\n
Create a file cclm in \/usr\/local\/bin(you have to be root to be able to do so), with the following contents:
\n[sourcecode lang=bash]
\n#!\/bin\/sh
\nfile=&quot;\/var\/log\/messages&quot;
\nwhere=&quot;\/dev\/tty12&quot;
\ntail -f $file | ccze -A &gt;&gt; $where
\n[\/sourcecode]
\nAdd the following line to \/etc\/inittab
\nc12:123456:respawn:\/sbin\/agetty -n -l \/usr\/local\/bin\/cclm 38400 tty12 linux<\/strong>
\nThat’s all that there is to be done, either reboot to get it working, or execute the following in a terminal with privileges:
\n[sourcecode lang=bash]\/sbin\/agetty -n -l \/usr\/local\/bin\/cclm 38400 tty12 linux[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\nThis can be used on any ttys’. The most obvious ones to use would be tty8 to tty12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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