filter log file

OrC82 · 07-30-2009, 08:07 AM

Hi
I need to filter a log file.
I need to do something like: cat logfile | egrep '(X|Y)' but i need that X and Y will not be a part of word these the Complete word.
I know i need to use "awk".
is anyone can help me please.

jschiwal · 07-30-2009, 08:23 AM

Look at the grep manpage. GNU egrep has the -w option to match entire words.

zQUEz · 07-30-2009, 08:25 AM

what about `cat logfile | egrep '( X | Y )'`

david1941 · 07-30-2009, 08:39 AM

How does 'egrep -w "(X|Y)" logfile | do_something_with_resulting_log_entries ' turn out for you?

OrC82 · 07-30-2009, 08:49 AM

-w do the work.
10x

now i need to do the next step is to count how many time X and Y appear in the log but not the SUM of them like:
cat logfile | egrep -wc '(X|Y)'
i don't mind to use a bash script who do it.

david1941 · 07-30-2009, 08:54 AM

egrep -wc "X" logfile; egrep -wc "Y" logfile