p4 logparse
Parse a structured log file and return log data.
Syntax
p4 [g-opts] logparse [-e] [-T fields...] [-F filter] [-s offset] [-m max] logfile
Description
The p4 logparse command parses the indicated
structured logfile and returns the log data in tagged format.
Structured logs differ from the basic error log (P4LOG) and audit log (P4AUDIT). To read the basic error
log, use the p4 logtail
command.
Valid names for structured log files:
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All loggable events (commands, errors, audit, etc.) |
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Audit events (audit, purge) |
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Information about user login attempts. |
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Command events (command start, command compute, command end) |
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Error events (errors-failed, errors-fatal) |
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Server events (startup, shutdown, checkpoint, journal rotation, etc.) |
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Major events that occur during replica integrity checking. |
ldapsync.csv
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Activity of p4 ldapsync |
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Log the full network route of authenticated client connections.
Errors related to |
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Command tracking (track-usage, track-rpc, track-db) |
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Trigger events. |
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User events, with one record every time a user runs |
To enable structured logging, set the
serverlog.file. configurable(s) to the
name of the file. For example:n
$ p4 configure set serverlog.file.2=commands.csv
$ p4 configure set serverlog.file.3=errors.csv
$ p4 configure set serverlog.file.5=audit.csv
Numbers provided for the configurables do not have to be consecutive. A given number cannot exceed 500, so the following assignment returns an error:
$ p4 configure set serverlog.file.666=commands.csv
Structured log files are automatically rotated on checkpoint, journal
creation, overflow of associated
serverlog.maxmb. limit (if configured),
and the np4 logrotate
command.
Options
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Display special characters as hex-encodings. |
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Limit output to records that match the filter pattern. |
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Limit the number of lines returned. |
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Start parsing at the given file offset as returned in the
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Limit displayed fields to those listed. |
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See Global options. |
Usage Notes
| Can File Arguments Use Revision Specifier? | Can File Arguments Use Revision Range? | Minimal Access Level Required |
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N/A |
N/A |
available to an operator user |
Examples
To match the contents of a particular field, use the field=word syntax. Logical operators & (AND), | (OR), ^ (not), and () (grouping) can
also be used. Spaces are treated as a low-precedence AND operator
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OR (|) operator to get the event type and date for both user bruno and user admin: p4 logparse -T 'f_user f_eventtype f_date' -F 'f_user=bruno | f_user=admin' errors.csv |
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AND (&) operator, NOT (^) operator to get event type and date while excluding the user admin: p4 logparse -T 'f_user f_eventtype f_date' -F 'f_eventtype=4 & ^f_user=admin ' errors.csv The ^ operator can be used only in conjunction with the & or space operators. |
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wildcard (*) operator matches anything, so mar* will match mary, maria, mark, marcy, marcus: p4 logparse -T 'f_user f_eventtype f_date' -F 'f_user=mar*' errors.csv |
Related Commands
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To add entries to the log so that p4 logparse can find them. |
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| Describe the schema of structured log record types. | p4 logschema |






