Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Tuesday 2006-11-28 at 12:06 +0200, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
I am viewing the /var/log/messages file and as there are alot of entries in it
and it is constantly being updated, I wondered if there was a way to display
an updating grep on the file without having to create a script and
corresponding cron entry to run every time the file is updated ie
#tailf /var/log/messages|grep backup
Just wondering if its possible.
Of course it works. Did you try? :-)
:( No I didn't :(
On a grep cmd of the /var/log/messages file I saw there were many
entries that came back. I thought that with the above command
incorporating tailf that I would get the last 10 or so entries. When the
cmd gave me nothing, without backung up, I prefered to err on the side
of caution, and ask here first.
I have now executed the command and initiated a backup and I am getting
the display I wanted, bit not what I thought I would get.
Also, you can taylor syslog-ng to create a separate log file filtered with
what you want in it.
Another time far far away....:)
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