Script To search a log and mail if word is not found

[leewagner]

Hi im struggling to get a script sample, i need the script to do the following:

It needs to search a log file
then if the word searched is found it must do nothing
otherwise it needs to mail to a address if it is not found

Please guys this is Urgent.

I really need help on this

thanx in advance hope if this is solved that it will help alot of poeple

Kind Regards to all you linux fans

[ibexslam]

I can't help you with the script, but I can tell you that emailing can be problematic. Check out a service called SendGrid, which is free if you send < 100 messages per day. I use blat to shoot the messages to them under Windows; you'll need a similar command (sorry, have no idea what) to do the same.

Hope this helps!

I.

[digitalamish]

in sh or bash using mail for mailer

x=`grep -c word logfilename
if [ x -eq 0 ]
then
echo "email text" | mail -s subject receiver@domain
fi

[leewagner]

Thanks Will try this thanx for the reply

[digitalamish]

There is a missing backtick on the first line. Should be:

x=`grep -c word logfilename`

[leewagner]

Hi I ended up figuring something else out i'll post it here and hope it helps alot of you guys

Thanx for the mail thread needed that pipe option

#!/bin/bash


grep "grep value" /destination/file.log -c > name.txt

new=`cat name.txt`
old=`cat name.old.txt`
echo "$new"
echo "$old"


if [ $old -lt $new ]
then
echo continue
else
echo error

echo "body" | mailx -s "subject" user@domain user@domain.com

fi

mv -f pop.txt pop.old.txt