Re: Script

[Sven Hoexter <sven@telelev.net>]

On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 09:46:30PM +0200, Tinus Kotze wrote:
> I am currently using proftp as a server. I am still learning scripts. I
> was thinking of using a script to help me with my access. I would like
> to take the xferlog and firstly takeout all the ip's that have logged
> into my server. Then I would like to use host to lookup the ip and then
> save under each host name the files that have been transferred. Can
> somebody help me with this, even if it is only pointers i would
> appreciate it. I am familiar with programming in delphi,java and a bit
> of C, altough no real scripting so far.
I suggest you read the bash, awk and sed tutorials:
http://www-105.ibm.com/developerworks/papers.nsf/dw/linux-papers-bytitle?OpenDocument&Count=500

I would use bash+awk, perl or python should also work.

Sven
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