Open Source Linux Text Processing Software

Ansifilter handles text files containing ANSI terminal escape codes. The command sequences may be stripped or be interpreted to generate formatted output (HTML, RTF, TeX, LaTeX, BBCode and Pango Markup).

An application to gather, aggregate, chart and report information originating from any log files. It uses regular expressions that are constructed graphically and can be tested in the application against samples. Once configured for a specific type of log file set, the gathering and display of the chart for a new files set can be done in just one click. Contains a sample template to handle few log types: Java GC log, OpenDS access log, Apache access log

Free and Easy to use tool for scientists to manage the references of their work. Automated Fulltext retrieval from the Open Repositories. Flexible Metadata Model and tranformation of metadata to different standard models. nice print formats of the metada

A Ruby file parser/interpreter/preprocessor that comments lines of code based on conditions at the time the file is required. Very handy to implement debugging logs and code that has to be commented (not just dynamically switched off).

Like Unix-Tail BUT: - Runs with or without GUI - Suspend and resume tailing at runtime - Can monitor a set of Files - Print output to a textfield, stdout or file - Runs in "Grep" mode, too (Read files once) - (Almost) the same options as Unix-Tail

csvplus is a collection of Perl-based utilities for querying csv files.

mn455 is CLI program to maintain short notes under linux console. there are simple tag-system, search and filter. you can use your favorite editor to create and edit notes.

Querylog is a console tool for performing SQL queries on a (log) files. Lines from one or more text files or stdin are matched, using regular expressions to an in memory database on which SQL queries can be performed.