Grep in a log file within a time range (hour)

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi, im trying to write a grep script that returns me the last inputs added in the last hour in the log file. Literally i have nothing yet but:

grep 'Line im looking for' LOGFILE.log | tail -1

this only gives me the last input, but no necessarily from the last hour.

Help Please.

2

Unless you post more details, e.g. of the input file and the pattern you are looking for, it will be difficult to help.

3

Ok sorry...

grep 'Process BNKEL LOAD LOTS' EJELOG02092013.log | tail -1

this gives me :

Mon Sep 2 15:21:06 2013 - Process Ended BNKEL LOAD LOTS <= 50 TRXS

but i would like to get the inputs from one hour ago, since the log file contains much more info about other processes and sometimes the one im monitoring tends to fail.

4

If your system allows for date -d "-1hour" , try

awk -v T="$(date +"%H:%M" -d "-1hour")" 'substr ($4,1,5)>T && /Process BNKEL/'
5

No, im sorry it doesnt. "AIX 5.2". Any other suggestion?

thanks in advance.