Restart, stop or start service while watching a log file (ie tail -f).

Installation

$ npm i xtail -g

Usage

When the service name is equal to its log file in /var/log/. For instance the service name is mongo and the log is on /var/log/mongo.log, use as follows:

xtail mongo

When the log file is different use:

xtail /var/log/my-mongo-log.log the-mongo-service

Then while watching the logs use one of these key shortcuts to start/stop/restart:

License

MIT - Jose Romaniello 2014