Logs are a critical aspect of a Linux system as they provide valuable information utilized for troubleshooting, performance analysis, security, and compliance. The concepts and examples presented here explore specific commonly utilized ways to parse logs, accompanied by practical and advanced command examples to demonstrate their usage in real-world scenarios.
The material will be useful to a system administrator, power user, end user or student looking to further their knowledge in this area.
The guide is meant to be utilized by an individual whom will be reviewing via demonstration format these core topics. After each example, the commands, parameters, and options are explained.
Contents
How to use and run commands
Common Linux System Logs
Awk
Cut
Diff
Grep
Sed
Sort
Uniq
Vimdiff
Wc