get sessions from log file for stats? 1

[ThomasJSmart]

hi,
Is there a way to get the amount of sessions from my apache log so i can use it to make a counter on my splash page?

I use Urchin for stats, but the Urchin pages are to much info to show my visitors. I would like to just show the total amount of sessions (visitors) on the splash of my site.

i know how to use php and my server supports cgi (i dont know any perl tho...)

thanks,
thomas

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[lgarner]

Really quick & dirty:

#!/bin/sh
echo `cat /var/log/httpd/access_log |wc -l`

Substitute your file path. This will just show the number of log entries in the file. 2 problems with this that jump out at me: First, performance will degrade if you don't rotate your logs and second, your counter won't be accurate if you do.

 

[ThomasJSmart]

it seems to work wicked thanks,

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