02-12-2004
you can define the befor or after text. you have to know what your looking for befor you can look for it.
IE: /text_befor_uniq_regx[REGEX](textafter REGEX)rest_of_line/
$save=$1;
/(text_befor_uniq_regx[REGEX])/$1 $save/
something like that.
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fail2ban-regex
FAIL2BAN-REGEX(1) User Commands FAIL2BAN-REGEX(1)
NAME
fail2ban-regex - test Fail2ban "failregex" option
SYNOPSIS
fail2ban-regex [OPTIONS] <LOG> <REGEX> [IGNOREREGEX]
DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v0.8.2 reads log file that contains password failure report and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.
This tools can test regular expressions for "fail2ban".
OPTIONS
-h, --help
display this help message
-V, --version
print the version
LOG
string a string representing a log line
filename
path to a log file (/var/log/auth.log)
REGEX
string a string representing a 'failregex'
filename
path to a filter file (filter.d/sshd.conf)
IgnoreRegex:
string a string representing an 'ignoreregex'
filename
path to a filter file (filter.d/sshd.conf)
AUTHOR
Written by Cyril Jaquier <cyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org>. Many contributions by Yaroslav O. Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <cyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Cyril Jaquier
Copyright of modifications held by their respective authors. Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 (GPL).
SEE ALSO
fail2ban-client(1) fail2ban-server(1)
fail2ban-regex v0.8.2 March 2008 FAIL2BAN-REGEX(1)