That's a good point - I could probably write some Python to parse the logfiles, and convert it into a more structured form. One major use case - the logfiles contains records about files and events associated with those files - we want to trace each file over the span of the logfile.

However, at the other end, I need a way to present it, and allow users to filter it, or select objects to trace - basically, if I could replicate something like Splunk or Kibana, either at the console or via a WebUI - I didn't know if there are UI frameworks/components out there that provided similar controls.