websocket-tail

A simple websocket server that tails a text file and emits the tail via websocket messags.

Dependencies

• nodejs v10.x
• yarn package manager
• typescript (npm i -g typescript)

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ExtraHash/websocket-tail

Change into the directory:

cd websocket-tail

Install the javascript dependencies:

yarn

Compile the typescript code:

tsc

Usage

node server.js --path path/to/text/file.log --port 11111

The port number is optional, it will default to port 8999 if none is specified.