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 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "id": "thebanri-limoni--inspect-large-logs-in-terminal",
 "repo": "thebanri/limoni",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/thebanri/limoni",
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 "title": "Inspect large log files in a terminal viewer",
 "page_title": "How to inspect large log files in a terminal viewer with Limoni",
 "summary": "Follow files or piped output, colour by level, and filter very large logs with zest.",
 "who": "A DevOps or backend engineer debugging a service whose logs are too large for a text editor.",
 "problem": "Opening a multi-million-line log in a normal editor or pager is slow and hard to filter by level.",
 "outcome": "A terminal viewer that follows a file or pipe, colours lines by level, and filters a 1,000,000-line log without stalling.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `go install github.com/thebanri/limoni/cmd/zest@latest`",
  "Run `zest app.log` on your log file, or pipe a stream with `kubectl logs -f pod | zest`",
  "Run `zest -demo 1000000` first if you want to try the viewer without a real log"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Install zest with go install github.com/thebanri/limoni/cmd/zest@latest, then run zest on <logfile> and report how many lines it loads and whether it follows new lines when the file grows.",
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  "any"
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 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README gives the 67 MiB, 1,000,000-line timing as a single example, so expect different speeds on your own logs.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "go",
 "requirements": [
  "Go toolchain installed (for go install, go get, go run and go test)",
  "A terminal that supports the app's output (images and some features depend on the terminal)",
  "For the MCP use case: an MCP client such as Claude Code or Cursor, and limoni-mcp available on PATH (the README does not show how to install it)",
  "For the backdrop use case: curl, sh, and a terminal emulator"
 ],
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 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
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 "best": false,
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