how to do this

Post #143,979 by boxley 3/1/04 10:17:55 AM Reply	how to do this I have an error log that contains the following timestamp : App id : message content: messageID timestamp : App id : message content: messageID timestamp : App id : message content: messageID timestamp : App id <xml tagged message> timestamp : App id : message content: messageID timestamp : App id : message content: messageID timestamp : App id : message content: messageID what I need is the timestamp and xml tagged message of certain messages. When I use grep to find the message all I can think of is ugly hacks involving line numbering to go back up one line to retrieve the timestamp. Any suggestions? thanx, bill when I was young I envisioned myself as the embodiment of Trinity, Now I realize I have turned into the Bambino questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #143,982 by jake123 3/1/04 10:40:48 AM Reply	Re: how to do this Look for the lines that have only one colon in them, then start parsing the xml message following; when you reach the final close tag, start looking for lines that have only one colon in them again. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #144,000 by pwhysall 3/1/04 1:27:48 PM Reply	Re: how to do this In Perl, you could set the record separator ($/)to something like "timestamp:" and read the records in, searching for what you want. I've got to dash out now, so don't have time to have a stab at it, but perhaps someone else will either tell me I'm a buffoon for suggesting this or show how it's done :) Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home Page - Now with added Zing!]
Post #144,684 by broomberg 3/5/04 7:47:09 PM 3/5/04 7:51:01 PM Reply	No code - context grep grep -B 2 "stuff_you_are_looking_for" file.name \n-B NUM, --before-context=NUM\nPrint NUM lines of leading context before matching lines.\nPlaces a line containing -- between contiguous groups of\nmatches.\n Or is the number of lines variable? In that case: \n#!/usr/bin/perl -w\nuse strict;\n\nmy $look_for = shift;\n\nmy $last_time_stamp = '';\nmy @current_xml = ();\n\nwhile (<>){\n\n#\n# I need a REAL exmaple of the time stamp line!!\n# Pretend it is MMDDYY : Stuff\n#\nif (/^\\d{6}\\s:/){\n$last_time_stamp = $_;\n@current_xml = ();\nnext;\n}\npush (@current_xml, $_);\n\nif (/$look_for/){\nprint "Found it: [$look_for]\\n";\nprint "$last_time_stamp\\n";\nprint join("\\n",@current_xml),"\\n";\n}\n\n}\n LRPD: Somewhere out there, a Big Cheetah is still running WordStar and extremely anal benchmarks... No it's not: [link\|http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22big+cheetah%22+pournelle&btnG=Google+Search\|http://www.google.co...tnG=Google+Search] Retired in 1996 I've realized the LRPDs are the ultimite"in" jokes. Edited by broomberg March 5, 2004, 07:51:01 PM EST Expand All History
Post #144,688 by boxley 3/5/04 7:55:25 PM Reply	gah, man grep would have got it :( forget there is a crapload of flags, my bad for not looking it up thanx a bunch, bill when I was young I envisioned myself as the embodiment of Trinity, Now I realize I have turned into the Bambino questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]

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