1. Tailing a log file
GMass generates tons of logs.
There’s IIS log files from our web server, but also internal logs created by a plethora of worker EXEs that do everything from sending mail merge campaigns to syncing stats with the campaign reports that hungary phone number material you see. I used to open up a log file in Notepad, and then a few minutes later, close it and re-open it, so I could see what progress has been made in those few minutes. No longer. Now I’ve switched to Notepad++ which has a handy “tail” feature. Every few seconds, it checks for changes to the open file and refreshes it. Now I can just stare at my screen and watch the log file scroll by. I feel like Chloe from 24.
2. View just certain lines of a log file
I often want to see just log file lines that match some particular string. For example, if I have an abuser on my hands, I’ll isolate the IP address of the abuser, and want to see the web server log file lines matching just that IP address. I used to use Notepad’s “Find” function and search for the IP and scroll through all the matching hits. What’s proven to be much easier is using Notepad++’s “Find all in current document” feature, which isolates just the lines that match a particular string. No more endless scrolling through gigs of logs.
