On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Jethro R Binks <jethro.binks@???>wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2008, Hans Morten Kind wrote:
>
> > > http://www.le.ac.uk/its/mcn4/exitop/
> >
> > This is very cool, thanks for posting your understandings of perl's
> > Curses. I havn't been playing with it before but by a few tweeks on your
> > script I can now 'top' several logfiles to get current trends.
>
> I think I fell asleep today briefly and missed the original post, so
> thanks to Hans' reply for catching my eye.
>
> I had a quick go, and yes it is certainly a handy util for getting a quick
> summary of stuff going on. I very quickly saw a couple of interesting
> patterns ... thanks Matthew!
>
> I collect my logs via syslog-ng, and apply the following template to them:
>
> template t_standard {
> template("$R_ISODATE <$FACILITY:$PRIORITY> $SOURCEIP
> $FULLHOST_FROM $MSG\n");
>
> so I re-wrote syslog2exim to deal with that. If anyone wants a copy let
> me know.
>
> A couple of things immediately strike me as useful developments: changing
> of colour if one of the values goes above some threshold or other; and an
> ability to press 'F' (say), and enter an pattern and 'focus' on it: so
> just for lines matching that pattern, fuller details are printed in real
> time like the source host, recipients, subjects, etc. This would be handy
> if you see something starting to clock up (maybe a particular sender
> address, or subject) to be able to instantly get a summary from within the
> tool.
>
> Jethro.
>
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> Jethro R Binks
> Computing Officer, IT Services, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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Nothing useful to post other than, COOL! Very nice little tool there.
ChrisZ
