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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to grep a log file for words listed in separate text file? Post 302852545 by nbsparks on Wednesday 11th of September 2013 06:16:39 PM
Old 09-11-2013
[SOLVED] How to grep a log file for words listed in separate text file?
Hello,

I want to grep a log ("server.log") for words in a separate file ("white-list.txt") and generate a separate log file containing each line that uses a word from the "white-list.txt" file.

Putting that in bullet points:
  • Search through "server.log" for lines that contain any word contained within "white-list.txt" file
  • Create separate file ("player_activity.log")
I've done this before with this command line:
Code:
grep -E "player1|player2|player3" server.log >player_activity.log

But I'm tired of modifying that line and would just like to draw from my known player list in a different file. I want it to substitute the "player1|player2|player3" with looking through a white-list.txt that looks like:

Code:
player1
player2
player3
player4
player5
player6

The output should look like this:
Code:
2013-08-11 08:46:23 [INFO] player1[/xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:53531] logged in with entity id 1072 at ([regolare] -220.7308956951062, 62.0, -108.79669524885138)
2013-08-11 08:46:23 [INFO] Player joined: player1
2013-08-11 08:50:50 [INFO] player2[/xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:53019] logged in with entity id 5685 at ([mundusprime] 1995.377727365253, 75.0, 883.1106329044326)
2013-08-11 08:50:50 [INFO] Player joined: player2
2013-08-11 08:51:00 [INFO] <player1> morning
2013-08-11 08:51:06 [INFO] <player2> hola mi compadre!
2013-08-11 08:51:31 [INFO] <player2> how goes the pyramid?
2013-08-11 08:51:53 [INFO] <player1> roof is complete, need to finish clearing interior.
2013-08-11 08:52:06 [INFO] <player2> I took a peek the other day, it's impressive!

Last edited by nbsparks; 09-11-2013 at 08:11 PM..
 

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