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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