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Grep both compressed and uncompressed logs
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#!/usr/bin/bash | |
# | |
# grep-logs - grep both compressed and uncompressed log files | |
# | |
if [[ "$1" == "-h" || ! $2 ]]; then | |
echo "Usage: $0 PATTERN LOG_FILE_BASE" | |
echo -e "\tPATTERN\t\tsee grep(1)" | |
echo -e "\tLOG_FILE_BASE\tuncompressed log file relative to /var/log" | |
echo -e "\n\tExample:\t$0 'denied access' nginx_access.log" | |
exit | |
fi | |
PATTERN=$1 | |
shift | |
LOG_FILE_BASE=$1 | |
shift | |
grep $@ "${PATTERN}" "/var/log/${LOG_FILE_BASE}" "/var/log/${LOG_FILE_BASE}.1" | |
# For some reason ls turns double quotes into single while still expanding variables but not globs | |
for LOG in $(ls /var/log/${LOG_FILE_BASE}.*.gz); do | |
zgrep $@ "${PATTERN}" "${LOG}" | |
done |
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