Command howto

[Michael Magua]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Thomas Thurman wrote:
>
>> 2008/10/7 Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net <mailto:mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>>
>>
>>
>>    What command can I use to get all the lines in /var/log/messages
>>    that have messages on "bluetoothd" copied into a file called
>>    "mess" in /home/user/mess  ??
>>
>>
>> grep bluetoothd /var/log/messages > /home/user/mess/mess
>>
>> assuming you have the rights to read messages and write to mess.
>>
>> T
>>
> Craig, Thomas thanks for your help.
>
> Jim


Can also be done using awk ;)

awk '{ if ($5 ~ /bluetoothd/) print}' /var/log/messages >
/home/user/mess/mess

-- 
Regards,
Michael Magua

RHCE 805008570430920
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