Exactly. Log files are viewed in a pager, not an editor. While tools like lnav look great, many of its features can be replicated by combining smaller, purpose

Exactly. Log files are viewed in a pager, not an editor. While tools like lnav look great, many of its features can be replicated by combining smaller, purpose built tools, i.e. the core Unix philosophy. Single log view: cat | less Filters: rg | less Decompression: zless, zgrep, rg -z Timeline view: admittedly tricky, but doable with some incantation of cut, sort or reach for the big guns: awk, perl. Live operation: not quite, but tail -f and less +F go a long way. I've never once in almost 20 years of looking at log files thought I needed a SQL interface to them. I'm sure it's a powerful feature, but the above approach has served me well.