docker-tail

tail -f output from one or more docker containers, with each container's output prefixed with container name and colored to improve readability.

Implemented in a few lines of Bash with minimal dependencies.

Inspired by docker-compose.

Requirements

• bash (Tested with 3.2.57 on OSX, and 4.3.11 on Linux)
• docker

Install

Several options for installation, in order of recommendation:

• Using homebrew, install latest tagged release:

$ brew install joemiller/taps/docker-tail

• Using homebrew, install master branch:

$ brew install joemiller/taps/docker-tail --HEAD

• Or, clone and run make install:

$ git clone https://github.com/joemiller/docker-tail.git
$ cd docker-tail ; make install

• Or, curl install!

$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/joemiller/docker-tail/master/docker-tail >./docker-tail
$ chmod +x ./docker-tail

Uninstall

• If installed via homebrew: brew uninstall docker-tail
• If installed from make install: Run make uninstall

Usage

• Tail the log output of specific containers:

$ docker-tail container1 container2

• Tail the log output of all running containers:

$ docker-tail -a

Author

Joe Miller, https://github.com/joemiller

TODOs

• makefile
• shellcheck tests
• bats tests
• circle-ci
• homebrew tap
• readme