Previewing *.log files

When loggers in my apps pipe logs to a file, I make sure they’re usually in the format:

<timestamp> <level> <application-name> <JSON>

and they are saved to a *.log file.

I hardly preview the entire file, preferring to tail it as the application runs, but when I need to, I find the a combination of the following vscode extensions useful:

• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ryeden.condenser
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=imgss.json-in-log

With Log Condeser, I can CTRL + ' to begin filtering a log file with a regular expression or just plain text e.g. “Debug” will show me all logs in the Debug level, and CTRL + SHIFT + ' to revert to the original content.

And with Json in Log, I can hover over the JSON content on each line to preview it.