Linux Script or Cronjob 1

[chieftan]

Hi,

I want to run an automated job, once per week that search's log files under /var/log/radius and then the WLC IP Address (Directory) for logons within that week period.

What is the easiest way to do this? Cronjob? Shell script? perl script? Also, as I am not a scripter, does anyone have any ideas how to do this?

Thanks

 

[ChrisHirst]

Cronjob?

Yes

Shell script? perl script?

One of those or maybe Python.

search's log files

that searches log files, or does something with log files belonging to search?



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[SamBones]

[tt]cron[/tt] is the facility to run something for you at some time. This is the part that will run your automated job once per week. Google "crontab" for more information.

[tt]cron[/tt] will need something to run. This is where you need to either have a single command to do what you want, or write a script. You will need to write something that will do what you want one time. [tt]cron[/tt] will take care of running it for you once a week.

Your script can be written in just about anything. I recommend using something you either know, or can learn quickly. If you can do what you want to do in a set of command line commands, then just putting those commands into a shell script is probably the easiest. That will automate what you can do at the keyboard.

I can't suggest much more because I don't understand what you're trying to do.

 

[chieftan]

Sorry, probably didn't word it correctly.

Accounting information will be held within the /var/log/radius/radacct directory for attributes from authenticating clients.

I would like to be able to search those log files, automatically, and show anyone logged on within a 7 day timeframe (run the script once per week). So, it would need to search the log files for authentication accounting for the last 7 days and output the result to a text file or other readable file.

So,I can run a cronjob showing the actual dates of the full log file, but I need to search within those logfiles. Would I use a grep command somehow?

Thanks

 

[ChrisHirst]

Yep, you write a script that uses grep or egrep to extract the data that you require and write (redirect >|>>) it to a text file. You could also pipe through a sort to put the results in some kind of order should you so wish.

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[dbrent1]

A script is just a sequence of shell commands that will be executed. You need to make the script executable by running the chmod +x SCRIPTNAME command. As far as jobs scheduling goes, take a look here: link

 

[cmayo]

Can you post a log excerpt showing the data you'll be searching for?