logcheck-test - Man Page
test new logcheck rules easily
Synopsis
logcheck-test [-q|-i] [-a|-s|-l FILE] [-e] [-P PREFIX] [-S SUFFIX] RULE
logcheck-test [-q|-i] [-a|-s|-l FILE] -r RULEFILE
Description
logcheck-test parses a log file for matching lines specified by a single rule or a rule file. If using a single RULE you can set a PREFIX and a SUFFIX to write new rules easily.
Options
- -h, --help
Show usage information
- -a, --auth.log
Parse /var/log/auth.log for matching lines
- -s, --syslog
Parse /var/log/syslog for matching lines
- -l, --log-file FILE
Parse FILE for matching lines
- -i, --invert-match
Show line that don't match the RULE or the RULEFILE
- -q, --quiet
Suppress rule summary at the end of output
- -e, --surround-rule
Surround RULE with standard prefix and suffix:
^[[:alpha:]]{3} [ :[:digit:]]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ RULE$
- -P, --append-prefix PREFIX
Append PREFIX to rule prefix. Option can be given multiple times
- -S, --prepend-suffix SUFFIX
Prepend SUFFIX to rule suffix. Option can be given multiple times
- -r, --rule-file RULEFILE
Use file RULEFILE for rule input
Examples
With logcheck-test you can easily write and test new rules.
Test a single rule against /var/log/syslog:
logcheck-test -s "RULE"
Test a single rule against ~/log, surround the rule with standard prefix and suffix and append "kernel " to prefix:
Test the rules in rulefiles/linux/ignore.d.server/kernel against ~/log:
Test which lines the rules in rulefiles/linux/ignore.d.server/kernel doesn't match:
Exit Status
On successful matching logcheck-test will complete with exit code 0. An exit code of 1 indicates no successful matching.
An exit code greater then 1 indicates an error occurred. Textual errors are written to the standard error stream.
See Also
Author
logcheck is developed by Debian logcheck Team at alioth: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/logcheck/. This manual was written by Hannes von Haugwitz <hannes@vonhaugwitz.com>.