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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting BASH ZCAT EGREP Shell Script Post 302720093 by metallica1973 on Tuesday 23rd of October 2012 01:07:48 PM
Old 10-23-2012
Thanks for the reply but it didnt work:

Code:
zcat /var/log/syslog* |grep "^$err_date"

gzip: /var/log/syslog: not in gzip format

gzip: /var/log/syslog.1: not in gzip format

?

---------- Post updated at 01:07 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:05 PM ----------

Thanks PAMU,

I would like to grep all files under:

/var/log/syslog*

which would include:

Code:
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm  133256 Oct 17 08:04 /var/log/syslog.7.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm  146465 Oct 18 07:56 /var/log/syslog.6.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm  158721 Oct 19 07:48 /var/log/syslog.5.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm  172300 Oct 20 07:40 /var/log/syslog.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm  183107 Oct 21 07:49 /var/log/syslog.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm  206954 Oct 22 07:45 /var/log/syslog.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 5840020 Oct 23 07:49 /var/log/syslog.1
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 1342525 Oct 23 13:06 /var/log/syslog

thanks
 

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backup

BACKUP(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 BACKUP(8)

NAME

       backup - backup files

SYNOPSIS

       backup [-djmnorstvz] dir1 dir2

OPTIONS

       -d     At top level, only directories are backed up

       -j     Do not copy junk:  *.Z, *.bak, a.out, core, etc

       -m     If device full, prompt for new diskette

       -n     Do not backup top-level directories

       -o     Do not copy *.o files

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EXAMPLES

       backup -mz . /f0    # Backup current directory compressed

       backup /bin /usr/bin
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DESCRIPTION

       Backup (recursively) backs up the contents of a given directory and its subdirectories to another part of the file system.  It has two typ-
       ical uses.  First, some portion of the file system can be backed up onto 1 or more diskettes.  When  a  diskette  fills	up,  the  user	is
       prompted for a new one.	The backups are in the form of mountable file systems.	Second, a directory on RAM disk can be backed up onto hard
       disk.  If the target directory is empty, the entire source directory is copied there, optionally compressed to save space.  If  the  target
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