
Logwarn - Utility for finding interesting messages in log files

Logwarn searches for interesting messages in log files, where
``interesting'' is defined by a user-supplied list of positive and
negative extended regular expressions provided on the command line.

Each log message is compared against each pattern in the order given. If
the log message matches a positive pattern before matching a negative
pattern then it's printed to standard output.

Logwarn keeps track of its position between invocations, so each matching
line is only ever output once. It also finds messages in log files that
have been rotated (and possibly compressed) since the previous invocation.

Logwarn also includes support for log messages that span multiple lines.

Logwarn is written in C for efficient execution. A Nagios plugin is also
included.

See INSTALL for installation instructions.

See COPYING for license.

See CHANGES for change history.

Enjoy!

$Id: README 37 2010-12-30 19:57:06Z archie.cobbs $
