TSPIN(1) tailspin TSPIN(1) (NAME) tspin - (SYNOPSIS) tspin [OPTION]... [FILE]... (DESCRIPTION) tailspin . (OPTIONS) -f, --follow (tail) . --exec . -p, --print stdout less. stdin . --theme PATH (theme) . XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tailspin/theme.toml ~/.config/tailspin/theme.toml . %APPDATA%\tailspin\theme.toml . TAILSPIN_THEME . -e, --exec COMMAND . (interrupt) less . : tspin --exec 'kubectl logs -f pod_name' --highlight COLOR1:word1,word2,... COLOR2:word3,word4,... . black red green yellow blue magenta cyan white bright_ ( bright_red). : tspin logfile.txt --highlight red:error,fail --highlight green:success,ok --enable=[HIGHLIGHT_GROUP] . . --disable=[HIGHLIGHT_GROUP] . : numbers urls emails pointers dates durations paths quotes key-value-pairs uuids ipv4 processes json keywords. --disable=[HIGHLIGHT_GROUP] . . --enable=[HIGHLIGHT_GROUP] . keywords ( null REST) --highlight . : numbers urls emails pointers dates durations paths quotes key-value-pairs uuids ipv4 processes json keywords. --extras=[EXTRA] . . : ipv6 jvm-stack-trace. TAILSPIN_EXTRAS . --pager COMMAND tspin. [FILE] . : tspin logfile.txt --pager "ov -f [FILE]" --completions SHELL (shell completions) stdout. : bash elvish fish powershell zsh. --generate-default-theme theme.toml stdout. : ~/.config/tailspin/theme.toml . (ENVIRONMENT) TAILSPIN_PAGER TAILSPIN_PAGER . --pager . [FILE] . "ov -f [FILE]". TAILSPIN_EXTRAS . --extras . "jvm-stack-trace" "ipv6,jvm-stack-trace". TAILSPIN_THEME . --theme . (SEE ALSO) less(1), tail(1) (ABOUT) Ben Sadeh (github.com/bensadeh/tailspin) MIT . tailspin 7.0.0 2026-07-14 TSPIN(1)