How to sort a file -

[Bob Goodwin]

Sharpe, Sam J wrote:
> 2009/8/1 Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net>:
>   
>> I have a file of Netgear router data that I would like to sort on date and
>> time.
>>     
>
> Simplest solution I can thing of:
>
> # mv NG-LOG NG-LOG.old
> # cat newvalues.txt NG-LOG.old > NG-LOG
> # rm NG-LOG.old
>
> But will your router not log to an external machine? Most of the
> routers I've ever owned had the ability to send data to an external
> syslog server...
>
>   

This is a new WGR61v9 wireless router and apparently they have removed 
the option to e-mail the log. At least I haven't found it. I suspect 
they removed it because it didn't work although I'm not certain. It 
would never work for me on the old router which also was a WGR614 [v6 I 
believe]. They look and act pretty much the same. The old one began to 
act erratically after several years of continuous service and I replaced 
it to be safe. A system failure would bring complaints from four other 
family members.

This is not a critical need, just something I have been trying to do. 
The data is there and it seems I ought to be able to look at it in some 
logical fashion.

Thanks.

Bob