server access log analysis

[Rajiv Aaron Manglani]

> i desire to occasionally download my server access
> logs to my laptop and pay better attention to what's
> going on.  i've seen links like this,
> http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Log_Analyzers/ but
> haven't really found what i'm looking for.  any
> suggestions on applications for reading these text
> files?  thanks.  - eric c.

i use splunk, www.splunk.com. its sort of like google for you logs but 
with a fancy interface for complex queries. it is not open source but the 
free version can index 500mb of logs per day.


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