MarcosOcf/log_view

is a parallel monitoring logs gem

LogView

Installation

Execute

  $ gem install log_view

Getting Started

1. Execute $ log_view

The software will create a .log_view.yml file in your home

2. Configure the .log_view.yml file as the described exemple in the .log_view.yml file

project_name:
  user: my_ssh_user
  password: my_ssh_password
  servers:
    - some_name@some_server.com
  files:
    - "/log/dir/my_log_file.log"

3. Run:

$ log_view

This step will show your configured projects.

Use the described options in the output of third step to perform your

$ log_view <project-name> <options>

Help

Execute command line without parameters

$ log_view

Basic Commands

log_view gem offers four commands

1. --split-log

The split-log option

This command will separate log by file and server

```sh
$ log_view <project_name> --split-log
```

2. --grep

The grep option

This is the basic grep function.

You should write like:

```sh
$ log_view <project_name> --grep <grep_string>
```

3. --grep-v

Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified patterns. (grep -v description)

You should write like:

```sh
$ log_view <project_name> --grep-v <string_to_not_match>
```

4. -s

The choose server option

This command allow you to choose a single server to monitoring

```sh
$ log_view <project_name> -s <server name>
```

You can write any single parts of server's name. Like this exemple:

```yaml
project_name1:
user: a
password: b
servers: 
  - test-server1
  - test-server2
files:
  - test-file1
  - test-file2
```
```sh
$ log_view project_name1 -s server1
```

5. -f

The choose file option

This command allow you to choose a single file to monitoring

```sh
$ log_view <project_name> -f <file name>
```

You can write any single parts of file's name. Like this exemple:

```yaml
project_name1:
user: a
password: b
servers: 
  - test-server1
  - test-server2
files:
  - test-file1
  - test-file2
```
```sh
$ log_view project_name1 -f file1
```

6. -n

The -n argument display the latest 'n' input lines

You should write like this:

```sh
$ log_view project_name1 -n <number_of_lines>
```