i know literally nothing about syslogs, but a google search for "python syslog parser" shows that some people have had success using the pyparsing module:
http://www.j-schmitz.net/blog/how-to-parse-a-syslog-logfile-in-python https://gist.github.com/leandrosilva/3651640 hth, Don -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
