old line print $UN."/".$PW
new line print $UN."/XXXXXX"
you get the idea.
If the log is being generated by some other program and you are just processing it, why not just make the substitution before you start processing something like this might do the trick
$ sed s/PASSWORD/XXXXXXXX/g <logfile.in >logfile.out $ mv logfile.out logfile.in
Rentachintala, Jagan wrote:
Hi,
I am a newbie to perl and I have a question. In one of my project, the perl
script will create a logfile. Inside the log file, the username/password is
in clear text.
I am trying to hide the password in the logfile. Is there a way that I can hide the password or put an 'XXXXXX' in the password place in the log file.
How do I do this.
Advance thanks
Jagan Rentachintala | Consultant | Idea Integration | (904) 360-2421 | <http://www.idea.com/> www.idea.com | (NYSE: <http://www.mpsgroup.com/investors/stock/fset.asp> MPS)
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