[ale] SHELL: log files monitoring

[joe at madewell.com (Joe Steele)]

On Thursday, February 14, 2002 11:46 AM, Zyman, Andy wrote:
> I have simple task : I need to monitor a log files for particular string.

You might take a look at 'logcheck' (find it at freshmeat.net).  You 
set it up with patterns to watch for in your logs, and it sends 
e-mail if it finds them.  You can also set it up with patterns to 
ignore.  It's usually run periodically as a cron job.  It's partly a 
shell script, but it also includes a little program which reads and tags 
the logfiles so that previously reviewed log entries are skipped 
over.

--Joe


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