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Find a line in a list of .gz files

i around 50 .gz files in a particular directory in linux. i need to find a particular line in each file. currently i am doing by zcat each file. Eg: Output: Sep 9 17:12:47 145.247.1.62 cap-s12-custfw-1: NetScreen device_id=cap-s12-custfw-1 [Root]system-information-00542: BGP peer 10.24.224.187 changed to Idle…

Using variables as the input to command

I’ve scoured various message boards to understand why I can’t use a variable as input to a command in certain scenarios. Is it a STDIN issue/limitation? Why does using echo and here strings fix the problem? For example, As you can see I get the error… ‘File name too long’ Now, I …

Get last 30 minutes from log file

I have a log file that contain logs as follows 1486307866.155 is the time in unix format with corresponds to 2017-02-05 07:17:46 (Format : Y-m-d H:i:s) I need a unix command that give me the logs within last 30 minutes in the following format and discarding any details that i don’t need. 2017-02-05 07:1…