2009/8/1 Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > I have a file of Netgear router data that I would like to sort on date and > time. > the form is as below: > > [Site allowed: weather.noaa.gov] from source 192.168.1.9 Saturday, > Aug 01,2009 17:02:51 > [Site allowed: safebrowsing-cache.google.com] from source > 192.168.1.11 Saturday, Aug 01,2009 17:00:16 > [Site allowed: safebrowsing.clients.google.com] from source > 192.168.1.11 Saturday, Aug 01,2009 17:00:13 > > > The router appears to accumulate data until full and then clears at some > point and starts a new block of data. > I can collect the data periodically [perhaps at 30 minute intervals, > whatever works for me] and append it to a new file I called > "home/bobg/NG-LOG" but this leaves me with a jumble of date/time information > since the raw log data is in descending order of date/time and I am adding > the latest data in the same order but at the bottom so the list it may show > 16:00-15:30 followed by the latest block on the list 16:30-16:00. > > I need to either sort the data as a function of time or append the new data > to the beginning of the "NG-LOG" file instead of the end. I don't know > where to start on this? I'm probably missing something obvious but ... Simplest solution I can thing of: # mv NG-LOG NG-LOG.old # cat newvalues.txt NG-LOG.old > NG-LOG # rm NG-LOG.old But will your router not log to an external machine? Most of the routers I've ever owned had the ability to send data to an external syslog server... -- Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines