The CLI text viewer tool that works like less command on small pane within the terminal window.
peep can view text file freely.
peep has the follow mode that can monitor file updates and read them continuously like tail -f or less +F.
Also, peep can switch between the normal mode and follow mode with F command.
peep can highlight the regex word on the follow mode.
shell
cargo install peep
If you don't have Rust toolchains, please refer to The Rust Programming Language.
Or, you can download peep binary file from GitHub peep Releases :)
shell
peep [OPTION]... [FILE]
-n, --lines LINES set height of pane
-t, --tab-width WIDTH set tab width
-N, --print-line-number print line numbers
-f, --follow output appended data as the file grows
-h, --help show this usage
-v, --version show version
``` (num)j Ctr-j Ctr-n Scroll down (num)k Ctr-k Ctr-p Scroll up (num)d Ctr-d Scroll down half page (num)u Ctr-u Scroll up half page (num)f Ctr-f SPACE Scroll down a page (num)b Ctr-b Scroll up a page (num)l Scroll horizontally right (num)h Scroll horizontally left (num)L Scroll horizontally right half page (num)H Scroll horizontally left half page 0 Ctr-a Go to the beggining of line $ Ctr-e Go to the end of line g Go to the beggining of file G Go to the end of file [num]g [num]G Go to line [num] /pattern Search forward in the file for the regex pattern n Search next N Search previous q Ctr-c Quit (num)+ Increment screen height (num)- Decrement screen height [num]= Set screen height to [num]
! Toggle line wrapping ESC Cancel F Toggle to follow mode ```
``` /pattern Highlight the regex pattern q Ctr-c Quit (num)+ Increment screen height (num)- Decrement screen height [num]= Set screen height to [num]
! Toggle line wrapping ESC Cancel F Toggle to normal mode" ```
MIT License. Please refer to LICENSE file.