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Old 08-24-2009
Search date pattern in application log file
I am viewing a file in vi editor [Solaris 10] and would like to search for a date pattern. In the log, the timestamp is enclosed in parentheses '[]'. I am using the '/' option in vi to search for the pattern.

log snippet:

[7/28/09 8:14:24:668 EDT] 000000f4 ServletWrappe I SRVE0242I: [isclite] [/ibm/console] [/secure/layouts/dynamicSelectionLayout.jsp]: Initialization successful.
[7/28/09 8:14:24:921 EDT] 000000f4 ServletWrappe I SRVE0242I: [isclite] [/ibm/console] [/com.ibm.ws.console.resources/relatedItemsLayout.jsp]: Initialization successful.
/

I would like to search for the date 8/24/09 but it doesn't do the search when I enter '/8/24/09'.

What am I doing wrong? Please advise.

Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 08-24-2009
Code:
/8\/24\/09

should do it.
# 3  
Old 08-24-2009
Brilliant! it worked!! thanks..I am new to unix. Is this specific to Solaris or applicable to all flavors or unix and linux? Also, please suggest any url links to documentation on search methods...thanks again.
# 4  
Old 08-24-2009
This applies to all Unix flavors and clones.

As for a link, have a look at the regexp manual page, "Basic Regular Expressions" paragraph.
Code:
man -s 5 regexp

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