At 6:47 PM -0800 12/20/05, Matt Stevens wrote:
Christopher,
The log format docs seem to imply that the individual fields are
contained in quotes. On my system at least that's not the case.
Just using spaces doesn't work too well, as the number of spaces
between fields is variable and the messages in fields also contain
spaces.
There are no quotes. It isn't that hard to scan, though. Jerry's
response covered one approach well.
If I were scanning it, I would probably follow an algorithm something
like this:
Scan for the first whitespace. What precedes it is the date. Scan
past the whitespace. With what remains, scan for the next whitespace.
What precedes it is the time. Scan past the whitespace. With what
remains, scan for the next whitespace. What precedes it is the tag.
Scan past the whitespace. If the tag is one of the tags that
indicates the device message format, with what remains, scan for the
"::". What precedes it is the full name. Scan past the :: and any
whitespace. What remains on that line is the message. If the tag is
one of the tags that indicates the "all others" format, then no
further scanning is necessary--what remains on the line is the
message.
If it would help, I could write a short perl script or C program that
would demonstrate this.
-- Christopher
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