log-streaming-tool

A tiny Go utility that tails a file by repeatedly reopening it, seeking to the last read position, and printing any new lines.

Key features

• Near-real-time line streaming
• Single binary with no dependencies

Project structure

• main.go — Polling tail implementation
• go.mod — Go module definition

Requirements

• Go 1.22+

Setup

git clone https://github.com/biprajit007/log-streaming-tool.git
cd log-streaming-tool
go build

Usage

Stream a log file

go run . /var/log/system.log

Limitations / next improvements

• No file rotation detection
• Polling interval is fixed at one second
• No filtering, coloring, or seek-to-end option