print contents of any file within some timeframe

fed.linuxgossip · February 28, 2009, 2:14am

Hi,

Is there anyway to print contents of any file ( say log files that grow automatically) within some timeframe ( comparing with current time), say

print contents of the added in:

1) last 2 hr

2) last 45 min

3) last 3 hrs 47 min

jim_mcnamara · February 28, 2009, 5:19am

Do the log entries have a timestamp?

fed.linuxgossip · February 28, 2009, 11:26am

Hi,

time stamp format is:

2009-02-28 21:55:01

ShawnMilo · February 28, 2009, 12:14pm

Well, there you are. Just compare the current datetime with that value converted to a datetime, and there you go.

What languages do you know? Bash script, korn shell script, Perl, Python? Whichever you use, a one-second Google search will tell you how to convert a string to a datetime, and another one-second Google search will tell you how to compare two datetimes.