that should be grep 'yyy' xxx > newlog.txt yyy being look for this xxx being file. no reason to for the cat.
--- Mike Fetherston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Log ParsingYou could cat xxx | grep yyy > newlog.txt > > That would do it without stopping syslog. Mind you, > your log could get out > of hand because those entries are NOT removed. > > Mike. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Johnston Mark > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:50 AM > Subject: Log Parsing > > > Hi all, > I am writing a script to parse my system log (called > xxxx) but I am not sure > on the best procedure to get the daily logs and > store them. As it stands the > script stops syslog moves the file xxxx to a > location and apends the date to > the file. It then touches xxxx and starts syslog. > Is that an acceptable way to do it ? Of course I > loose logging info for the > time that it syslog is not running. > Thanks > Mark > _______________________________________________ > Firewalls mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
