[NTLUG:Discuss] Log file readers

[kbrannen@gte.net]

Greg Edwards wrote:
> Are there any log file reading tools (GUI) available?  In particular I'm 
> looking for something I can use to review apache logs.  I'd like to be 
> able to mask out some fields and not have to look at other fields.
> 
> Am I going to have to do my own here?  I would expect someone has 
> thought of this before.
> 

Sounds like you want something like the "Event Viewer" in ms-winders, but with 
more configurability.  I've seen various log summary packages on my distro 
(suse) CD, but I've never used any.

Doesn't sound that hard to write.  I'd use Perl (and Tk for the GUI) for its 
excellent string handling.

Kevin