Sounds like a job for multitail http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/
Splunk does not do exactly what you ask, but it might be worth looking at. http://www.splunk.com - scottm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 2:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Log file comparison tool I frequently need to compare two syslog type files from different machines. I'm in search of a solution to help me do this. Ideally, I'd like to be able to intersperse the two files into one display with color coding. Something like: *Blue* 2007/05/01 07:38:46 System 1 event. *Red* 2007/05/01 07:39:23 System 2 event. *Blue* 2007/05/01 07:45:18 System 1 event. *Blue* 2007/05/01 07:48:58 System 1 event. *Red* 2007/05/01 07:56:38 System 2 event. I don't really need the changes between them ala diff, I need to be able to see them both at the same time. Side by side display would be ok, as long as the timestamps could be reasonably matched up. A bonus would be if the program could "adjust" the timestamps for those systems whose clocks are not in sync. -ajb -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
