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cricetus: how to search a log file

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:37 pm
by mohummad.ali
hello folks!
am new here!
could someone tell me how to search in a huge log file for a string?
is there a simpler way than cricetus? if not, how do you install it?
thanks!
ali



p.s. i am on a mac (just in case! )

Re: cricetus: how to search a log file

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:35 pm
by requinix
How do you install a European Hamster?
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From a command line/terminal: you're on a Mac so you probably have grep.

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man grep
From PHP... why do you need this? How large a file?