Anyone have a recommendation on what software or method to read server logs? I installed awstats and pimpmylog, but I can't get them setup. The configuration is where I hit the wall. Maybe I just need some down time to think. I would even settle for a command line reader. Now I look at them via the cat or less commands and it's a mess. I have a centos 7.

Have a look over here Ron :

http://www.server-world.info/en/note...7&p=httpd&f=15

You don't give any particular details about which logs you want to analyze or what you're specifically looking for however, a basic understanding of just 4 cli commands will let you quickly, reliably and flexibly handle almost any log file you might desire.

grep | egrep
sort
awk
head | tail | tail -f

I'm sure others can contribute more of their favorite cli hacks however I spend most of my time working with some variation of these four. A basic understanding of them and the structure of the data you're working with will make log analysis a snap (most of the time).

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