[ILUG] Grep Sed etc question

[Donncha O Caoimh]

get today's date.. into a TODAY variable.. (man date)

grep "$TODAY 15\|$TODAY 16:00" log.txt

(untested)
Someone else will point out how to make that better :)

Donncha.


JustinMacCarthy wrote:
> 
> hi,  if i have logs formatted as follows
> 
> 2001-09-27 15:16:27 207.232.107.45
> 2001-09-27 16:16:27 208.181.198.60
> 2001-09-27 16:16:27 208.181.198.60
> 2001-09-27 16:16:27 208.181.198.60
> 
> what is a quick way of getting all the logs for the timeframe  15:00 ->
> 16:00
>