Logfilter: An Apache Log Filter

Logfilter is a tool for performing ad-hoc filtering of apache website log files.

Are you sick of typing long grep commands when performing adhoc searches on your apache log files? Well, help is at hand.

The problem with using grep to search apache log files is that grep matches on any of the fields within the apache log record. So, for instance, if I want to search for all accesses to someurl.html then I will match all accesses to that page, but, I will also match all records for which someurl.html is the referrer too.

Awk can solve this problem too. But, most of the time I just want to do adhoc queries. I don't want to go off and get involved with writing a program. If what you are trying to achieve is simple, then the solution should be simple too, right?

Logfilter Features

• Match only the records you are interested in, ignore everything else
• Fast matching...the code is written in C for maximum portability & performance
• Released under the Apache Licence so you can customise & extend as you wish

Download

At present logfilter is only available in source form. logfilter-0.4.tar.gz.

Support

If you need help compiling logfilter please contact me here.