SYSLOG−SUMMARY
NAME
syslog-summary - summarize the contents of a syslog log file
SYNOPSIS
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syslog−summary [−s | −−state= filename] [−i | −−ignore= filename] [−d | −−debug] [−r | −−repeat] logfile... |
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syslog−summary [−h | −−help] |
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the syslog−summary command.
syslog−summary summarizes the contents of log files via the syslog(3) service, by displaying each unique (except for the time) line once, and also the number of times such a line occurs in the input. The lines are displayed in the order they occur in the input.
OPTIONS
−i filename, −−ignore=filename
Read regular expressions from filename and ignore lines in the logfiles that match them.
−s filename, −−state=filename
Read state information from filename. The state contains information about the already reported parts of a log file, and prevents syslog−summary from reporting the same things many times. This is useful when syslog−summary is run from crontab every hour. The file is created, if it doesn´t exist already.
−r, −−repeat
Merge "last message repeated * times" lines with the repeated event.
−d, −−debug
Enable verbose messages when errors occur (i.e. "debug mode").
−h, −−help
Show summary of options.
FILES
/etc/syslog−summary/ignore.rules
Default ignore.rules file with default regular expressions.
DIAGNOSTICS
When reporting a bug, please run syslog−summary with the −d (or −−debug) flag enabled.
syslog−summary provides some return codes, that can be used in scripts:
AUTHORS
Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi>
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Wrote this manpage for the Debian system. |
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Wrote the first version of syslog−summary. |
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Maintained the Debian package from 1998 to 2000. |
Tommi Virtanen <tv@debian.org>
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Maintained the package from 2001 to early 2008. |
David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>
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Maintains the package since early 2008. |
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2008 David Paleino
Copyright © 2001-2007 Tommi Virtanen
Copyright © 1998-2000 Lars Wirzenius
This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common−licenses/GPL.
