This is a python script which is a variation of Jeff Sharky's colored logcat script. To use: colored-logcat.py [keyword] If the optional keyword is supplied, then each occurence of the keyword will be highlighted in the output. You can also use: adb logcat -v threadtime [other adb-options] | colored-logcat.py For example to just see Vold output, you could use: adb logcat -v threadtime -d -s 'Vold:*' | colored-logcat.py This script has only been tested under linux.