UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am using

bash-2.05$ uname -a
Linux lppwa783 2.4.9-e.72enterprise #1 SMP Tue Jul 3 21:57:23 EDT 2007 i686 unknown

I asked with the admin, they refused to install the perl. The tail is ok for me.. The cron runs every ten mintues and it will only rotate less than 2000 lines.

thanks
Senthilkumar

There is a good chance that perl is already part of the linux distro , in fact if it's not it might have been deliberately removed, which sound strange.
As a Unix Admin myself, I use wots on production servers to parse some telco logs ...
If he think that perl is a security risk, He should consider updated the kernel instead !
Good luck with the tail ...

The "tail" command has limitations because it buffers the data in a small buffer. See "man tail".
Try this to see if you have the problem:

Code:

# For a 2000+ line logfile
wc -l logfile
tail -2000 logfile | wc -l
# did you get 2000 lines?

By the way you can still install perl yourself in your home directory ...

Sorry methyl ... I didnt get you what you're trying say.

bash-2.05$ wc -l Trace.log
3801805 Trace.log
bash-2.05$ tail -2000 Trace.log | wc -l
2000


For laurentv, after a long fight with the Admin with the help of your words in the forum i got the acess of using perl

bash-2.05$ which perl
/usr/bin/perl
bash-2.05$ perl -ver

This is perl, v5.6.1 built for i386-linux

Copyright 1987-2001, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at Perl.com Home Page, the Perl Home Page.

Now i need to learn the WOTS, and implement that in the DOC..

Thanks
Senthilkumar.

Glade if I helped !!!

Let me know how it turned .

Rgds
Laurent

Laurent do you have any sample script available to check the logs using WOTS, i am unable to get the information in internet.

~aks.