On 5 Dec 1997, Jim Pick wrote: > One task I do commonly is monitor my system log files using > 'tail -f'. > > I was wondering if there was a commonly used method for doing the > same thing, but filtering it at the same time. > > For example, I like to view the logs on the LinuxHQ website as they are > being generated, but I don't care about gif's and jpeg's, or accesses > from my domain. So I end up using something like this (in a wide xterm): > > $ watch -n 10 'tail -100 /opt/linuxhq/livesite/var/log/access.log | > grep -v "gif|jpg|jimpick\.com" | tail -20 | cut -c1-175' > > It works - but it obviously isn't the most efficient way of doing this. > > I was wondering if there was a Unix utility I may have overlooked > that does the same sort of thing. I know I could probably write a > Perl script to do the same thing - but it seems like a general enough > problem that there is probably something that handles it already.
Umm, you had the right idea when using tail -f. Try tail -f <file> | grep <pattern> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
