1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi I have got a log file which is like: id status --------------------- 12345 status1.true 12345 status2.true 12345 status3.false 12345 status4.true 23452 status5.true 23452 status6.true 23452 status7.false 65243 ... (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

everytime a new logfile get created at certain interval of time and i want a simple shell script program which cat the lastest log file when manually excuted (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Have checked the forums and couldnt locate help on this. I want to grep a log file for a pattern using a script - I need to grep the latest log file and not sure how I am able to ensure I am greping the latest log file. Here is sample of log files for yestersday and I effectively need to grep... (10 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

in the below .. i want to pick the latest logfile which is having JPS.PR inside.. that means i want particularly "spgport040408041223.log:@@@@@@@@ 04:13:09 Adding: JPS.PR." which is latest among these.. is it possible to compare the current time with logfile time ? reptm@xblr0758rop>... (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

If a log file is in the following format 28-Jul-10 ::: Log message 28-Jul-10 ::: Log message 29-Jul-10 ::: Log message 30-Jul-10 ::: Log message 31-Jul-10 ::: Log message 31-Jul-10 ::: Log message 1-Aug-10 ::: Log message 1-Aug-10 ::: Log message 2-Aug-10 ::: Log message 2-Aug-10 :::... (3 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

How can i print the output of a perl script on a unix console and redirect the same in a log file under same directory simultaneously ? Like in Shell script, we use tee, is there anything in Perl or any other option ? (2 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, Need a small help. I have a log file which keeps updating for every Minute with multiple number of lines. I just want to grep few properties which has latest Date and Time to it. How do i do it? I wanted to grep a property by name "Reloading cache with a maximum of" from the... (4 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello All, I have an awk script which parses my log file and prints number grepping from a specific line/pattern, now i have to come with a shell script to continue reading the log untill the job is completed, which i would know while reading session log untill process encounters a final... (1 Reply)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi there I am trying to write a script where I will need to look for a specific word in the log file and I am aware this can be done by grep for example. As there will be multiple entries for this I want to grep the last one to enter the log... how would I go about this - would I have to use... (5 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I want to monitor a log file using tail -f command and search for a specific string on the most recent entry from the file. If the search string matches with the most recent or last line from the file, I want send an email to the people with the message. tail -f service.log|tail -n 1 ... (5 Replies)