Hi Friends, I want to write a batch script that should read a text file line by line and search for a keyword. It the keyword is found it should return value 0 else it should return 1. Like this it should keep on increamenting the value until the end of the file. The output should be printed in a file. The sample log is as follows, Website is available HTTP/1.1 200 OK Website is available HTTP/1.1 200 OK Website is available HTTP/1.1 200 OK Website is available HTTP/1.1 200 OK Website is available HTTP/1.1 200 OK Website is available HTTP/1.1 200 OK Basically i want to count the number of times the website failed. So, if the website is ok, then it should return value '0' if it is not then value '1' so atlast i want the total number of times the website failed. Am new to batch script, so i need your help :-)

find /v /c "OK" < myfile ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hiiii, Thanks for your response. But actually my task has become a little more complex now, please consider my requirement as follows, Step 1: I have 2 log files created from 2 different locations. So, first i want to merge the 2 log files ( text files). The merging should be done line by line, based on the time stamp. Here is the sample log, [20/01/2009 17:32:41] INFO (HTTPSClientApp.java:111) - Website is available HTTP/1.1 200 OK [20/01/2009 17:33:41] INFO (HTTPSClientApp.java:111) - Website is available HTTP/1.1 200 OK [20/01/2009 17:34:41] INFO (HTTPSClientApp.java:111) - Website is available HTTP/1.1 200 OK So, the script should check the time stamp in each line & merge the 2 files line by line in ascending order. Step 2: After merging the files, the script should read the merged file line by line & look for the keyword "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" (basically it should check if the website is available). If the keyword is missing consecutively in 2 lines then it should take the time stamp of the second line & it should check through the next consecutive lines for the keyword "HTTP/1.1 200 OK". Once it finds the next "HTTP/1.1 200 OK", it should subtract the time stamp of the "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" line with the previous time stamp noted. So that we can calculate the downtime. Like this it should sum up all the downtimes and print it to a file at the end. This will be done at the end of every month. It will be a great help if you can help me to create a script for this task. It can be in any scripting language. Since am very new to scripting, kindly help me to create complete script for this task. I will be happy to donate for this forum, bcoz this is much important for me. Thanks, PK

No ides how to do time math. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hi M2, Thanks 4 ur response ;-) Am trying to do the process part by part. Can you help me to create the script that will read through the log file, line by line & count the number of lines without the keyword "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" and print the count to a file. If possible it should also print the lines without the keyword. Your help is much appreciated. Thanks, Pk

This will combine 2 logs, sort by time and put out 2 txt files. One with the count and one with the lines not containing the string. ====================================== @echo off & setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion copy /b log1+log2 log3 > nul sort /+12 < log3 > log4 find /v "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" < log4 > notOK.txt find /v /c "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" < log4 > count.txt ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hi M2, Thanks a million for your help. Since am very new to scripting just wanted to confirm if i should use the script in this way, For example my 2 log files are in the following locations, C:\Program Files\test\log1.txt C:\Program Files\test\log2.txt So, should the script be modified in this way, ====================================== @echo off & setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion copy /b C:\Program Files\test\log1.txt+C:\Program Files\test\log2.txt log3 > nul sort /+12 < log3 > log4 find /v "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" < log4 > notOK.txt find /v /c "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" < log4 > count.txt But when i try in this way, its saying the system cannot find the specified files. Sorry for asking this basic question. :-) Thanks Again, Pk