How to grep *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none; in /etc/syslog.conf

sharadchhetri · 01-06-2012, 02:17 PM

Hi,

I want to grep *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none; this complete string in /etc/syslog.conf.
I tried with quotes and backslashes but nothing comes out.

Frnds,How to do this

Regards

corp769 · 01-06-2012, 02:20 PM

Hello,

Doing the following, it works for me on my machine:

Code:

grep "*.info;mail.none;news.none;authpriv.none;cron.none" /etc/rsyslog.conf

You will just need to grep your syslog.cong file, as on my system, it is rsyslog.conf for me.

Cheers,

Josh

AlucardZero · 01-06-2012, 02:21 PM

Enclosing it in quotes works for me. Perhaps that EXACT string is not in the file?

Code:

u@h:~$ grep "*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none" /etc/rsyslog.conf 
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none                /var/log/messages

sharadchhetri · 01-06-2012, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corp769

Hello,

Doing the following, it works for me on my machine:

Code:

grep "*.info;mail.none;news.none;authpriv.none;cron.none" /etc/rsyslog.conf

You will just need to grep your syslog.cong file, as on my system, it is rsyslog.conf for me.

Cheers,

Josh

[root@server ~]# grep "*.info;mail.none;news.none;authpriv.none;cron.none" /etc/rsyslog.conf
[root@server ~]# echo $?
1
[root@server ~]#

It is not working,actually I have both files rsyslog and syslog both have same configuration settings for this.

I already tried which u have suggested.

corp769 · 01-06-2012, 02:38 PM

I would cat both files and even see if that string exists within those files.

sharadchhetri · 01-06-2012, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharadchhetri

[root@server ~]# grep "*.info;mail.none;news.none;authpriv.none;cron.none" /etc/rsyslog.conf
[root@server ~]# echo $?
1
[root@server ~]#

It is not working,actually I have both files rsyslog and syslog both have same configuration settings for this.

I already tried which u have suggested.

Oops my bad.

[root@ip-118-139-160-169 ~]# grep "*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none;" /etc/rsyslog.conf
[root@ip-118-139-160-169 ~]# echo $?
1
[root@ip-118-139-160-169 ~]#

Now it looks my question

,I copied ur content.
Here what I suspect because of ; , it is not working.

Amaze to see it is working in my some server.

I need some standard method. I checked with awk as well but it did nt work, I need this for my script.
What the hack is it. Ok I m checking now bash version and OS also.

corp769 · 01-06-2012, 02:41 PM

Wait, what exactly are you trying to say? Did you get it to work?

sharadchhetri · 01-06-2012, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharadchhetri

Oops my bad.

[root@ip-118-139-160-169 ~]# grep "*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none;" /etc/rsyslog.conf
[root@ip-118-139-160-169 ~]# echo $?
1
[root@ip-118-139-160-169 ~]#

Now it looks my question

,I copied ur content.
Here what I suspect because of ; , it is not working.

Amaze to see it is working in my some server.

I need some standard method. I checked with awk as well but it did nt work, I need this for my script.
What the hack is it. Ok I m checking now bash version and OS also.

bash-2.05b-41.7 -- It is working in this bash

bash-3.2-24.el5 -- not Working
bash-3.0-27.el4 -- not working

Need some same output from you guys.
let me know what is ur bash version. in 3.X package it has problem

corp769 · 01-06-2012, 02:51 PM

Honestly, I use zsh. I did however try in bash, and it worked for me.

Code:

[root@ltp01 ~]# bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.2.10(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
[root@ltp01 ~]# zsh --version
zsh 4.3.15 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
[root@ltp01 ~]#

sharadchhetri · 01-06-2012, 02:55 PM

hmm cannt say with 3.x version.
But anyhow any other method,I tried awk also not worked for me.