Colorize tail output

Question

I\'ve been trying to make tail a little more readable for server startups. My current command filters out most of the INFO and DEBUG messages from the startup:

Answer 1

You can create a colored log instead of using a complex command.

For php is like this:

echo "^[[30;43m".$ip."^[[0m";

The key point is to use Ctrl-v ctrl-[ to input a green ^[ under insert mode in vim, direct input ^[ does not work.

More info here