headtail

head and tail simultaneously

Easy Ways to Contribute! - [ ] Set up CodeQL - [ ] Set up Dependabot - [ ] Improve Readme - [ ] Add integration test for -f/--follow - [ ] Add integration test for -s/--sleep-interval - [ ] Add (any) unit tests - [ ] Add (any) benchmark tests (see criterion) - [ ] Add option to output to file - [ ] Find out if this even works on Windows - [ ] Make demo video for readme (put the video in a PR/issue comment and use the URL in the readme)

Quick Start

You need to have Rust installed.

```shell

Install latest release version of headtail

$ cargo install headtail

Install local development version of headtail from inside the git repo

$ cargo install --path . ```

```

Use it on a file - prints the first 10 and last 10 lines

$ headtail somebigfile.txt

Pipe stdout to it - prints the first 10 and last 10 lines

$ somecommand | headtail

Print the first 25 and last 5 lines of a file

$ headtail somebigfile.txt -H 25 -T 5

Print the default amount of first lines, but only 3 last lines

$ headtail somebigfile.txt -T 3

Do the default thing...but then keep tailing the file and print

out anything new that is appended to it.

$ headtail somebigfile.txt -f ```

See headtail -h for a full list of command-line options.

Software License

Distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0).

See license/APACHE and license/MIT.