modify the info from a file

[nikkon]

Hi.I am not so good in perl scripting and i need your help do a script wich must do this :
1. a have some log files like this one for example : access_log.2008_22_02.gz
2. in every day log file i have some lines like this :
::1 - - [20/Feb/2008:08:13:14 +0100] "GET /" 400 456
3. my script must identify that type of lines (the only modifications are the date and time, but this lines all begin with ::1 - -[) and detele them or change them with ::127.0.0.1

Thank you very much for you help.

[wje_lf]

Of course, we can't drop whatever we're doing and do this for you, but we can take time out to answer specific Perl scripting questions. Nor, of course, can we teach you Perl from the ground up. But you can do that yourself.

Go here and work your way through the tutorials.

Then have a go at the script.

If you have questions about something, and you can't find the answer by experimentation, come back! We're eager to help!

[nikkon]

so i made the script to erase that line but i don't have any idea how to make it work in cron and how make it change only the logs by date.

log name = access_log_date

perl -pi.bak -e "s/^::1.*//g" /path to log