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alex79 · 08-19-2005, 05:04 AM

how do i search for a text in log files from my server?
the log files are very big and i can't open each file and search for that text

Gungadin · 08-19-2005, 05:24 AM

Unix/linux/bsd/etc:

>grep -i -r "your stuff here" /path/to/your/access_log

The -i is case INsensitive
The -r is recursive
(You may not need either)

Hope this helps...

PussyTeenies · 08-19-2005, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gungadin

Unix/linux/bsd/etc:

>grep -i -r "your stuff here" /path/to/your/access_log

The -i is case INsensitive
The -r is recursive
(You may not need either)

Hope this helps...

if its freebsd instead of "-r" you can also use "-R"

and for tgz archives use

Code:

zcat archive_file.tgz | grep -R -i "your stuff"

alex79 · 08-19-2005, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gungadin

Unix/linux/bsd/etc:

>grep -i -r "your stuff here" /path/to/your/access_log

The -i is case INsensitive
The -r is recursive
(You may not need either)

Hope this helps...

instead of " /path/to/your/access_log" can i enter a directory to search all files from that directory?

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