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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Need to get all the records from a log file greater than timestamp supplied. Post 302796725 by hanson44 on Saturday 20th of April 2013 03:19:48 PM
Old 04-20-2013
In overall terms:
Code:
- Using date command, convert timestamp_supplied to seconds_since_epoch.
- For each line in log file (while read):
  - Use cut or sed to get date_field.
  - Using date command, convert date_field to seconds_since_epoch.
  - Use test command to determine which seconds_since_epoch is larger.

 

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Usage: gst-convert [OPTION]... [INFILE [OUTFILE]] gst-convert [OPTION]... -o|--output OUTFILE INFILES OPTIONS
-q, --quiet don't show any message -v, --verbose print extra information while processing -f, --format=FORMAT convert from given input format (supported formats are gst, gst2, sif, squeak) -F, --output-format=FORMAT convert to given output format (supported formats are gst, gst2, squeak) -C, --class=REGEX convert only classes matching REGEX -C, --class=+REGEX in addition, convert classes matching REGEX -C, --class=-REGEX do not convert classes matching REGEX -c, --category=REGEX convert only classes whose category matches REGEX -c, --category=+REGEX in addition, convert those whose category matches REGEX -c, --category=-REGEX do not convert classes whose category matches REGEX -r, --rule='CODE->REPL' look for CODE and replace it with REPL -o, --output OUTFILE concatenate multiple input files into a single converted output file --help display this message and exit --version print version information and exit SEE ALSO
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