log-parser-script

Description

A python script that takes a list of words as input and automatically parses through all the log files in a given folder to find the lines containing those words.

Suggested Folder Structure

└── log-parser-script
        ├── logs
        │    ├── log1.log
        │    ├── log2.log
        │    ├── log3.log
        │    └── ...   
        ├── .gitignore
        ├── log_parser.py
        ├── output.log
        └── README.md

Setup

• Please delete the example.log file and add all your log files that you want to search inside the logs folder.
• On the line 4 of the log_parser.py file, add the list of words you want to search in the log files.
  • Example:

    TEXT_TO_FIND = ["word1", "word2", "word3", "word4"] # words to find inside the log files

• If you intend to change the folder structure, add the suitable folder path to the log files on line 5 of the log_parser.py file
  • Example:

    PATH_TO_LOGS = "path/to/logs" # path to the log files

Command to Execute the Script

python log_parser.py

Output

Once the script is executed, it will automatically create an output.log file in the same directory as log_parser.py file. All the lines in the log files that contain the words will be appended to the output.log file.