lj

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lj is is a tool for viewing JSON logs.

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Installation

From source

To build the lj from scratch, make sure you have a working Go 1.23+ workspace (instructions), then:

go install github.com/essentialkaos/lj@latest

Prebuilt binaries

You can download prebuilt binaries for Linux and macOS from EK Apps Repository:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://apps.kaos.st/get) lj

Upgrading

Since version 0.3.0 you can update lj to the latest release using self-update feature:

lj --update

This command will runs a self-update in interactive mode. If you want to run a quiet update (no output), use the following command:

lj --update=quiet

[!NOTE] Please note that the self-update feature only works with binaries that are downloaded from the EK Apps Repository. Binaries from packages do not have a self-update feature and must be upgraded via the package manager.

Command-line completion

You can generate completion for bash, zsh or fish shell.

Bash:

lj --completion=bash | sudo tee /etc/bash_completion.d/lj > /dev/null

ZSH:

lj --completion=zsh | sudo tee /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/lj > /dev/null

Fish:

lj --completion=fish | sudo tee /usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/lj.fish > /dev/null

Man documentation

You can generate man page using next command:

lj --generate-man | sudo gzip > /usr/share/man/man1/lj.1.gz

Usage

CI Status

Branch	Status
master
develop

Contributing

Before contributing to this project please read our Contributing Guidelines.

License

Apache License, Version 2.0