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Old 02-28-2009
print contents of any file within some timeframe
Hi,


Is there anyway to print contents of any file ( say log files that grow automatically) within some timeframe ( comparing with current time), say

print contents of the added in:

1) last 2 hr

2) last 45 min

3) last 3 hrs 47 min
# 2  
Old 02-28-2009
Do the log entries have a timestamp?
# 3  
Old 02-28-2009
Hi,

time stamp format is:

2009-02-28 21:55:01
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Old 02-28-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by fed.linuxgossip
Hi,

time stamp format is:

2009-02-28 21:55:01
Well, there you are. Just compare the current datetime with that value converted to a datetime, and there you go.

What languages do you know? Bash script, korn shell script, Perl, Python? Whichever you use, a one-second Google search will tell you how to convert a string to a datetime, and another one-second Google search will tell you how to compare two datetimes.
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