Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I am trying to write a script to check the log files for the trancactions based on usr input date and user input user id.

I will take the user input userid and user input date and check there are any creation deletion happened, if so mail it other wise say no transactions;

I got user input date and the log files, i am at user input date, not sure how to take both date and userid to check the log file

Any help is appreciated

Thanks,
Gundu

Can you give sample log file lines ?? And give input how to get the information from that log file?

HTH.

the logfiles are located in /export/home/$ENV/audit/audit4567

audit4567 can be opened with vi, cat or more has lines like:

2005-03-23 16:00:55 SYNIFSSS006003I1 49219 Provisioning Transaction Created by dc6728(USER ID)
2005-03-23 16:00:56 SYNIFSSS006070I1 49219 Provisioning Transaction Description: Provisioning by cd6728: Create, classname=SI
VXVPNAccessPath, name=Site
2005-03-23 16:00:56 SYNIFSSS006006I1 49219 Provisioning Transaction Opened by cd6728
2005-03-23 16:00:56 SYNIFSSS126003I1 49219 Provisioning Transaction 49219 processing with pid 3538 in /netprov/env7/server/lo
g/output/2005-03-22.13:02:42/SYCCSServer_3538.0
2005-03-23 16:01:00 SYNIFSSS006011I1 49219 VPN Access Path: VPN Access Path Created by cd6728
2005-03-23 16:01:01 SYNIFSSS006011I1 49219 Endpoint: Endpoint Created by cd6728
2005-03-23 16:01:01 SYNIFSSS006011I1 49219 IP over ATM Interface: / SBCIS / GSR10 / ATM7/3.10 Created by cd6728
2005-03-23 16:01:02 SYNIFSSS006011I1 49219 ATM: ATM Created by cd6728

I need to take userinput date to match this date and userid to match the userid here and check for the key words like create,modify,update or delete and send an e-mail

Thanks,
Gundu