Hi All,

I need to collect some logs everyday and I am try to write a DOS batch program to do it. But since I am new to the DOS command, can everyone please help!

The log file contain like this :
[blankline]
[2008.03.02-20.00.23 kfdakjklefsfda] 123456
[blankline]
[2008.03.02-20.10.23 kfdakjklefsfda] 232645
[blankline]
[2008.03.02-20.00.23 kfdakjklefsfda] date
[2008.03.02-20.04.03 kfdakjklefsfda] time
[2008.03.02-20.56.13 kfdakjklefsfda] set
[2008.03.02-20.44.03 kfdakjklefsfda] info
[blankline]

What I really like to collect is the last part, between the last third blankline and the last second blankline!
The output I expect is:

date
time
set
info

Thanks for any kind of advice!

Learning a bit everyday!

Do you want just this:

date
time
set
info

or these 4 lines:

[2008.03.02-20.00.23 kfdakjklefsfda] date
[2008.03.02-20.04.03 kfdakjklefsfda] time
[2008.03.02-20.56.13 kfdakjklefsfda] set
[2008.03.02-20.44.03 kfdakjklefsfda] info

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If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2

if you can download gawk from here:http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gawk.htm

BEGIN{RS=""}{ last=$0}
END{
 for ( i=1;i<=NF;i++) {
  if ( $i !~ /\[|\]/ ) {
    print $i
  }
 } 
}

save the above as script.awk and on command line

c:\test> gawk -f script.awk file

To get those 4 lines with bat:

::=========================
@echo off > newfile
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (log) do (
set /a N+=1
for /L %%d in (6 1 9) do (
if !N! equ %%d echo %%a >> newfile
)
)

=====================================
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2

Hi Mechanix2Go,

Thanks for your help!
But I guess I do not ask the question right :-( Since the log file might have a lot of line, some time 20, sometime more than 100!

The script you write is set to output the line form line 6 to 9! It is not always ture for my case!

I am more thinking like find the last second blankline and start to export until it meet the last blankline!

blankline]
[2008.03.02-20.00.23 kfdakjklefsfda] 123456
[blankline]
[2008.03.02-20.10.23 kfdakjklefsfda] 232645
.
.
.
[blankline] <-----find the line number:x
[2008.03.02-20.00.23 kfdakjklefsfda] date
[2008.03.02-20.04.03 kfdakjklefsfda] time
[2008.03.02-20.56.13 kfdakjklefsfda] set
[2008.03.02-20.44.03 kfdakjklefsfda] info
[blankline] <-----find the last line:y

export the lines form x to y

But not sure how to write this part! ;-(

Learning a bit everyday!

Fist, having the 'last line' blank is usually irrelavent.

Next, do you need the lines 'after the last blank line'?

Or what?

=====================================
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2

Well, the log file always end with a blank line!

Thanks

Learning a bit everyday!

M2,

I get a problem to run the script, it only export one line...the sixth line!
And I add a line inside the for loop so it will echo the vaule of N; however, the %N% always show 0! any idea??

Learning a bit everyday!