python logparse search specific text
- by krisdigitx
hi,
I am using this function in my code to return the strings i want from reading the log file, I want to grep the "exim" process and return the results, but running the code gives no error, but the output is limited to three lines, how can i just get the output only related to exim process..
#output:
{'date': '13', 'process': 'syslogd', 'time': '06:27:33', 'month': 'May'}
{'date': '13', 'process': 'exim[23168]:', 'time': '06:27:33', 'month': 'May'}
{'May': ['syslogd']}
#function:
def generate_log_report(logfile):
report_dict = {}
for line in logfile:
line_dict = dictify_logline(line)
print line_dict
try:
month = line_dict['month']
date = line_dict['date']
time = line_dict['time']
#process = line_dict['process']
if "exim" in line_dict['process']:
process = line_dict['process']
break
else:
process = line_dict['process']
except ValueError:
continue
report_dict.setdefault(month, []).append(process)
return report_dict
