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How to cut/sort a specific part of the log file

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:40 am
by a24uall
tail -100 /var/log/messages | awk {'print $3'}

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root@server [~]# tail -100 /var/log/messages | awk {'print $3'}
21:42:06
21:42:06
21:42:10
21:42:10

Re: How to cut/sort a specific part of the log file

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:42 am
by a24uall
How to SORT the result we have cut just now.
tail -100 /var/log/messages | awk {'print $5'} | sort
root@server [~]# tail -100 /var/log/messages | awk {'print $5'} | sort
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