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Text / log editor with auto-refresh support

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Mar 15, 202623481 views
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I'm looking for a text editor / log manager of some kind that will automatically refresh a file's contents when it changes. I have a single target log file (e.g. current.log) that is overwritten under certain circumstances and I'd like to be able to leave it displayed and not constantly have to re-…

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Fix for: Text / log editor with auto-refresh support

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You can get tail for Windows, a GUI version of tail which implements the functionality you're used to. If you're looking for an actual text editor however, check out Notepad++. It can automatically and silently update a file when it detects changes.…

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