The Parselogs cli tool

A simple log parser that searches a given string over a period of days and handles compressed files

Installation

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gem install parselogs

Help output

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SYNOPSIS

parselogs [global options] command [command options] [files...]

GLOBAL OPTIONS

-d, --days=days     - number of days back to search (default: 1)
--help              - Show this message
-s, --search=string - the string you are searching for (default: none)
--version

COMMANDS

all  - Search all logs from locations provided
help - Shows a list of commands or help for one command

Sample Usage

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parselogs --days 30 --search ctsimpson all /var/log/syslog*

Mulitple File Locations

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Just separate out multiple folder locations as arguments at the end of the command

parselogs -d 60 -s ctsimpson all /var/log/*.log /tmp/*.log