On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 4:25:59 PM UTC-5, John Gordon wrote:
> In <4f952e77-258d-47ae-9d76-a86daa8ac...@googlegroups.com> spek06 writes:
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> > I need to search a log file for a specific string (Successfully Sent) and
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> > report the number of instances in the last hour (from when executed) and
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> > total for the day so far (midnight till the time executed). Can anyone
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> > provide any examples of such a program or get me started?
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> from datetime import datetime, timedelta
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> from time import mktime, strptime
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> now = datetime.now()
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> midnight = now.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
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> one_hour_ago = now - timedelta(hours=1)
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> daily_instances = 0
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> hourly_instances = 0
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> with open('myfile.log') as logfile:
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> for line in logfile:
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> if 'Successfully Sent' in line:
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> time_string = line[0:19]
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> struct = strptime(time_string, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
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> log_time = datetime.fromtimestamp(mktime(struct))
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> if log_time > midnight:
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> daily_instances += 1
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> if log_time > one_hour_ago:
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> hourly_instances += 1
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> print "Instances in the last hour: ", hourly_instances
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> print "Instances since midnight: ", daily_instances
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> This code assumes that log lines begin with a timestamp similar to
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> "2013-01-23T09:27:01". If the timestamp is in a different format, or
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> occurs elsewhere in the line, you'll have to adjust for that.
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> --
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> John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
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> B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
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> -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"
Thanks John, I think this will definitely help get me started!
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