Dave, Try grep "`date \"+ %a %b %d\" | sed 's/ //'`" arch.log
Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] dave oswald wrote: > > Hello all... > Thanks in advance for looking at this - please reply to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have a log file that I need to extract some data from... > the lines I am looking for; are the lines that contain the output from > the command: > > date "+ %a %b %d" | sed 's/ //' > or > "Fri Jun 12" > > I am using sed to strip away a leading blank space that I am getting > from the date "+ %a %b %d" . > > So i have this log see... and I would like to do something like a > > grep echo \"`date "+ %a %b %d" | sed 's/ //'`\" arch.log > > grabbing only the entries from the log file that have the current date > in front of them. > > BUT what I get is: > grep: can't open "Fri > grep: can't open Jun > grep: can't open 12" > > can someone please advise me on where I went wrong. > > below is a sample of the log file I am working against. (arch.log) > > Sun Jun 7 01:30:01 Beginning XTMS Archive > Sun Jun 7 01:51:08 Archived 683 tickets > Mon Jun 8 01:30:02 Beginning XTMS Archive > Mon Jun 8 01:51:17 Archived 712 tickets > Tue Jun 9 01:30:01 Beginning XTMS Archive > Tue Jun 9 01:51:43 Archived 719 tickets > Wed Jun 10 01:30:02 Beginning XTMS Archive > Wed Jun 10 01:45:40 Archived 544 tickets > Thu Jun 11 01:30:02 Beginning XTMS Archive > Thu Jun 11 01:33:01 Archived 110 tickets > Fri Jun 12 01:30:02 Beginning XTMS Archive > Fri Jun 12 01:32:09 Archived 86 tickets > > Thanks again - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]