The tail command is one of the famous and regularly used when dealing with UNIX and Linux operating system environment. But, for Windows operating system environment, you cannot use the tail command directly (so far). Actually, there are multiple programs that can give you the tail command functionality as same like UNIX and Linux environment. You can try and download which tail programs listed below that suited you!
mTAIL
mTAIL is a “Unix like” tail program working on Windows 32/64 bit system (XP/2000/2003/Vista/2008/7) – Desktop or Server. The purpose is to display text file changes (additions to the end of the file) in “real time”. mTAIL is compatible with UNICODE files. mTAIL is 32bits program written in Delphi XE2 [new in v1.8].
Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free (as in “free speech” and also as in “free beer”) source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.
Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment.
Tail for Win32
Tail for Win32 is used to monitor changes to files; displaying the changed lines in realtime. This makes Tail ideal for watching log files.
Tail has a plugin architecture, which allows notifications to occur when certain keywords are detected in monitored files. At the moment a MAPI plugin is available, and work is in progress on an SMTP version.
Log Expert
Windows tail program and log file analyzer
TailMe
TailMe is an utility providing functions similar to the UNIX/Linux command “tail”: it lists the last changed lines/characters in a text file on the fly. It is usefull for monitoring log files of applications.
BareTail
A free real-time log file monitoring tool
SnakeTail
SnakeTail is a Windows tail utility for monitoring growing log files.
