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Hi,

I need to combine several log files into one cohesive file that is organized
by date and time.  These log files are webserver access_log files and I
would like the summary file sorted by the access date and time data in the
logfiles.  I believe the SORT command, used with the -k extension, can be
used to do this, but I haven't been able to get this to work.  If anyone has
any information that can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance,

JB

Why not a quick perl script ?

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If the timestamp in all logfiles look exactly the same than
simply do a "cat file1.log file2.log file3.log | sort".
If not then you need to write a small awk or perl script...

        Joerg.

I am assuming that the log files have the date & time in space delimited
fields. The problem is that columns tend to shift as the data is rarely
printed in a hard columnar fashion. i.e 1/1/1 vs 12/14/99. Sort -k requires the
fields to start and end on the same column. Perl is useful - so is awk if you
understand it. If you were to publish some sample lines from your logfile - I
could assist with that if you haven't solved it thus far.

Bill

Quote:

>Hi,

>I need to combine several log files into one cohesive file that is organized
>by date and time.  These log files are webserver access_log files and I
>would like the summary file sorted by the access date and time data in the
>logfiles.  I believe the SORT command, used with the -k extension, can be
>used to do this, but I haven't been able to get this to work.  If anyone has
>any information that can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

>Thanks in advance,

>JB