Hi.... Erm, I'm no expert but.... for string in cat IP_text do cat access.log | grep $string | cut -d <-- (see man cut for exact options) >> output file fi Your problem is definately related to not using the cut command. grep will only give you the entire line of text, I presume you only want the IP address from the single line of text, and for that, cut works wonders!!! Regards Chris Knipe Cell: (083) 430-8151 Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability at all. ----- Original Message ----- From: Janez Vrenjak <janez@kud-kontrabant.si> To: Linux Admin List <linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu>; <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu> Sent: 07 July 2000 01:07 Subject: Sorting log > Hello, > I have the log file from squid. > The second file is IP_text (one IP address per line) > > now I'd like to select all lines from log_file that contains one of the > IP's in IP_text file > and put that all in third file. > Something like > cat access.log|grep `cat IP_text` > but that does't work :-( > > Any idea > THX > Janez > > > -- > > \\\___/// > \\ - - // > ( @ @ ) > +-----------------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo---------------------------+ > | | > | KONTRANET: WWW.KUD-KONTRABANT.SI | > | WWW.KONTRABANT.COM | > | | > | Janez Vrenjak | > | janez@kud-kontrabant.si janez@kontrabant.com | > | | > | tel.: +386-(0)1-7227 595 | > | +386-(0)61-172 40 11 | > | +386-(0)41-571 440 | > | | > +------------------------------------Oooo-----------------------+ > oooO ( ) > ( ) ) / > \ ( (_/ > \_) > If you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk! > > > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
