SYNOPSIS

logcheck-test [-q|-i] [-a|-s|-l FILE] [-e] [-P PREFIX] [-S SUFFIX] RULE
logcheck-test [-q|-i] [-a|-s|-l FILE] -r RULEFILE

DESCRIPTION

logcheck-test parses a log file for matching lines specified by a single rule or a rule file. If using a single RULE you can set a PREFIX and a SUFFIX to write new rules easily.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Show usage information

-a, --auth.log

Parse /var/log/auth.log for matching lines

-s, --syslog

Parse /var/log/syslog for matching lines

-l, --log-file FILE

Parse FILE for matching lines

-i, --invert-match

Show line that don't match the RULE or the RULEFILE

-q, --quiet

Suppress rule summary at the end of output

-e, --surround-rule

Surround RULE with standard prefix and suffix:

^[[:alpha:]]{3} [ :[:digit:]]{11} [._[:alnum:]-]+ RULE$

-P, --append-prefix PREFIX

Append PREFIX to rule prefix. Option can be given multiple times

-S, --prepend-suffix SUFFIX

Prepend SUFFIX to rule suffix. Option can be given multiple times

-r, --rule-file RULEFILE

Use file RULEFILE for rule input

EXAMPLES

With logcheck-test you can easily write and test new rules.

Test a single rule against /var/log/syslog:

logcheck-test -s "RULE"

Test a single rule against ~/log, surround the rule with standard prefix and suffix and append "kernel " to prefix:

logcheck-test -l ~/log -e -P "kernel " "RULE"

Test the rules in rulefiles/linux/ignore.d.server/kernel against ~/log:

logcheck-test -l ~/log -r rulefiles/linux/ignore.d.server/kernel

Test which lines the rules in rulefiles/linux/ignore.d.server/kernel doesn't match:

logcheck-test -l ~/log -r rulefiles/linux/ignore.d.server/kernel -i

AUTHOR

logcheck is developed by Debian logcheck Team at alioth: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/logcheck/. This manual was written by Hannes von Haugwitz <[email protected]>.