"Najamuddin, Junaid" wrote: > 1. How to go thru a log.txt file to check for an error string thru perl script
Show me how does the typical error message look like and I'll show you how to find such messages using Perl. If you just want to see lines which contain "error" string anywhere, use from the command line: perl -ne 'print if /error/' log.txt or without using perl (I know, I know, not a politically correct advice), you can just: grep error log.txt if there is a grep command in NT. It should be, as it's one of the most important commands for text processing. If you don't have grep, get it from: http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/grep.html Install also the GNU textutils: http://www.gnu.org/software/textutils/textutils.html With grep, textutils and perl, you'll be able to do just anything you want with any text you like. (Well, now that IS politically correct) Generally when I get any not GNU-based Unix system in my hands, I start from installing the GNU tools, which is probably even a better idea under NT which AFAIK lacks such tools for command-line text processing (correct me if I'm wrong). - RaFaL Pocztarski, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
