2014/1/15 Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> > Hi all, > > I understand and agree with the argument for having separate logs for > different services, as it makes troubleshooting individual servcies much > easier - in most cases. > > However, I also would like to have *one* log that *everything* goes to, > because in many cases it makes it much easier to see at a glance if there > is a problem - at least on systems that aren't extraordinarily busy. >
grep N patterns in a single (huge) log file or grep pattern in N log files, is that your *doubt*? keep in mind that services log *problems* in various ways so you will end up searching patterns anyway.