best way I think is nohup grep -i string log1 log2 log3 ...logx > newfile & This will run this command in background and you can work on other meanwhile. Thanks Richard On 1/13/06, Wolf <LoneWolf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have large log files from a web server (about a gig in size) and need > to parse each line looking for a string, and when encountered push that > line to a new file. I was thinking I could have PHP read in the whole > file, but thinking it could be a major pain since I have about 20 log > files to read through. > > Anyone have some suggestions? > > Thanks, > Robert > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
