Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:38:17 -0500 From: Scott W <wegster@mindcore.net> To: "rob.c" <rob@robc.info> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternatives to zcat ? Message-ID: <4001B439.7010307@mindcore.net> In-Reply-To: <002301c3d7b8$2f2257c0$0207a8c0@coconut> References: <000d01c3d435$3bd86b20$0800000a@globalvc.co.uk> <002301c3d7b8$2f2257c0$0207a8c0@coconut>
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rob.c wrote: >Hello All, > >I used to peruse my logs (when prompted by events in the periodic script >output emails) using zcat, however i've just tried again for the first time >recently and appears the logfile compression format has changed. This is in >turn means that i can no longer use a command like "zcat ><yesterdayscompressedlogfile> | grep searchstringfromoutputemail" as it just >renders a "not in gzip format" message. So my question really is ... is >there an alternative to zcat that can read .bz2 compression or do i have to >go back to unziping to a directory first and deleting it afterwards ? > >regards, >rob >(aka peas) > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > bzcat would seem to be part of the base system... Scott
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