The Logfile Navigator (https://lnav.org https://lnav.org) supports glob patterns and does what you want by default: https://docs.lnav.org/en/latest/usage.html#

The Logfile Navigator (https://lnav.org https://lnav.org) supports glob patterns and does what you want by default: https://docs.lnav.org/en/latest/usage.html#viewing-files https://docs.lnav.org/en/latest/usage.html#viewing-files So, you would just run it like so: $ lnav 'mylog.*'