I aplogise for a typo...
Please read the command as:
cat log|grep -v -E [[:alnum]]'{2096,}'>> log.bak
note the missing comma in the previous command.
--- Shitiz Bansal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> How about
> cat log|grep -v -E [[:alnum]]'{2096}'>> log.bak
>
> The issue is - will unix shell command be any more
> efficient than a python script??
>
> Also i used append because i gathered that the user
> will not want to erase the previous logs. He is free
> to use a single > if he does.
>
>
> --- Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > About the efficiency, why do u need python at
> > all...
> > > How abt a simple shell command....
> > > cat httpd-access.log>>log.bak
> > >
> >
> > Because that would be a copy, well actually an
> > append...
> >
> > cp httpd-access.log log.bak
> >
> > would be better!
> >
> > But the OP wanted to strip out long lines in
> transit
> > not just copy...
> >
> > Alan G.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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