logging program

baronsam · 12-26-2003, 05:19 PM

Hello--

I am having trouble with my logs.

Does somebody know of an equivalent to the redhat log viewer that :

- converts unix time format to human time format

- allows you to specify an unlimited number of log files to list and read

in a command line interface, how can i display a log with the times converted to human-readable format ?

thanks for your help,

--sam

jailbait · 12-26-2003, 06:32 PM

You could try getting tail to work the way that you want:
tail /var/log/boot.log
tail /var/log/*.log
tail /var/log/*.log | less
find /var -iname "*log" -exec tail {};

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baronsam · 12-26-2003, 06:36 PM

this wouldn't convert the time format though would it ?

also, do you have an idea for one with a gui ?

thanks,

--sam

jailbait · 12-26-2003, 08:14 PM

"this wouldn't convert the time format though would it ?"

It shows the time in 24 hour format.

"also, do you have an idea for one with a gui ?"

The only GUI log viewer that I know of is kwatch. I have never tried kwatch so I don't know if it meets your criteria or not:

http://www.m-j-s.net/kde/

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