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Operating Systems BSD Searching in multiple files Post 302915152 by jim john on Monday 1st of September 2014 06:18:00 AM
Old 09-01-2014
Example input file:
I will have more files like this.
See in this file i want to find the line
Code:
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.abc.MyClass CustomeError"

which is the earliest occurrence of custome error.
I want my search to extend to all the log files in the folder and find first "CustomeError" in log file.
Code:
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter.doFilterInternal(HiddenHttpMethodFilter.java:77)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:88)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.abc.MyClass CustomeError"
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter.doFilterInternal(HiddenHttpMethodFilter.java:77)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:88)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.abc.MyClass CustomeError"
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter.doFilterInternal(HiddenHttpMethodFilter.java:77)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:88)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)
[9/1/14 0:21:08:050 EDT] 00000030 SystemErr     R     at com.abc.MyClass CustomeError"


Last edited by Franklin52; 09-01-2014 at 10:02 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
 

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