Command howto
Jim
mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Wed Oct 8 14:37:15 UTC 2008
Michael Magua wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
> <mailto:mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
> Thomas Thurman wrote:
>
> 2008/10/7 Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
> <mailto:mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>
> <mailto: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
Thanks, but I didn't didn't want to have to pay $5 to do it.
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