Command howto

[Jim]

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