On Monday, 23 November 2020 21:47:11 GMT Jack wrote:

> For many years, I've had this small script in my home directory -
> unfortunately I rarely remember to use it.  I have no idea where I got
> it, but it's got a timestamp of about four years ago.  However, now
> that I actually look at it, the author is a frequent contributor to
> this list, so it was likely mentioned here.
> 
> #!/usr/bin/awk -f
> 
######################################################
###################
> # log-emerge:
> #
> # A filter which converts the time stamp on emerge log files to a human
> # readable form.
> #
> # Written by Alan Mackenzie <[email protected]>, 2015-10-20.
> # This script is in the public domain.
> #
> # To use, pipe all or part of a log file through this filter.
> 
######################################################
###################
> {
>      sec = strtonum(substr($1, 1, 11))
>      $1 = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z", sec, 0) ":"
>      print
> }

There should be a one-liner in awk too. Someone will come along in a minute and 
tell us. 
At least, I hope so because I'd like to use it too.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.

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