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How Can I Write a Script That Increments a Counter Each Time a Log File is Updated?

April 20, 2007 Apr 20, 2007 04/20/07
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that increments a counter each time a particular log file gets updated?-- HJ Hey, HJ. You know, lately the Scripting Guy who writes this column has been victimized by a disturbing phenomenon: he keeps getting phone calls from machines. For the past several nights the phone has rung in the ...

How Can I Count the Number of Times a Word Appears in a Log File?

February 9, 2006 Feb 9, 2006 02/9/06
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I count the number of times the word Failure appears in a log file? There’s one catch, though: the log file simply writes its events one after another, creating one big, giant line of text.-- FS Hey, FS. According to the rest of your email, your log file looks something like this:Failure 2/7/2006 8:25 AM ...

How Can I Determine the 20 Largest Files on a Computer?

August 26, 2005 Aug 26, 2005 08/26/05
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the 20 largest files on a computer?-- PW Hey, PW. Having recently returned from a vacation in Europe, the Scripting Guy who writes this column now understands that there are different ways to do things. Some of these would be difficult to adjust to on a regular basis: for example, ordering a soft ...