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I am trying to fetch data between a range of time intervals from the log file. However, the complete data is not fetched for the end date.



Below is the command used:



 sed -n '/26/Nov/2018/,/30/Nov/2018/ p' /path/file.log 


The data I am having in the above log file is somewhat like:



 192.168.0.123 - - [25/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 1"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 2"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 3"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 4"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:11 +0530] "Data 5"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 6"
192.168.0.123 - - [28/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 7"
192.168.0.123 - - [29/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 8"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 9"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 10"
192.168.0.123 - - [01/Dec/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 11"
192.168.0.123 - - [01/Dec/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 12"









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  • That should give you a syntax error. Please remember to always include any errors you get in your question.
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I am trying to fetch data between a range of time intervals from the log file. However, the complete data is not fetched for the end date.



Below is the command used:



 sed -n '/26/Nov/2018/,/30/Nov/2018/ p' /path/file.log 


The data I am having in the above log file is somewhat like:



 192.168.0.123 - - [25/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 1"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 2"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 3"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 4"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:11 +0530] "Data 5"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 6"
192.168.0.123 - - [28/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 7"
192.168.0.123 - - [29/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 8"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 9"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 10"
192.168.0.123 - - [01/Dec/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 11"
192.168.0.123 - - [01/Dec/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 12"









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I am trying to fetch data between a range of time intervals from the log file. However, the complete data is not fetched for the end date.



Below is the command used:



 sed -n '/26/Nov/2018/,/30/Nov/2018/ p' /path/file.log 


The data I am having in the above log file is somewhat like:



 192.168.0.123 - - [25/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 1"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 2"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 3"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 4"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:11 +0530] "Data 5"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 6"
192.168.0.123 - - [28/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 7"
192.168.0.123 - - [29/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 8"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 9"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 10"
192.168.0.123 - - [01/Dec/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 11"
192.168.0.123 - - [01/Dec/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 12"









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I am trying to fetch data between a range of time intervals from the log file. However, the complete data is not fetched for the end date.



Below is the command used:



 sed -n '/26/Nov/2018/,/30/Nov/2018/ p' /path/file.log 


The data I am having in the above log file is somewhat like:



 192.168.0.123 - - [25/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 1"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 2"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 3"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 4"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:11 +0530] "Data 5"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 6"
192.168.0.123 - - [28/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 7"
192.168.0.123 - - [29/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 8"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 9"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 10"
192.168.0.123 - - [01/Dec/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 11"
192.168.0.123 - - [01/Dec/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 12"






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  • That should give you a syntax error. Please remember to always include any errors you get in your question.
    – terdon
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  • That should give you a syntax error. Please remember to always include any errors you get in your question.
    – terdon
    Dec 4 at 15:19
















That should give you a syntax error. Please remember to always include any errors you get in your question.
– terdon
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That should give you a syntax error. Please remember to always include any errors you get in your question.
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That's because you are using / both as a separator for the sed match command and as part of the string being matched. You need to escape the internal /. Try this instead:



$  sed -n '/26/Nov/2018/,/30/Nov/2018/ p' file.log 
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 2"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 3"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 4"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:11 +0530] "Data 5"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 6"
192.168.0.123 - - [28/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 7"
192.168.0.123 - - [29/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 8"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 9"





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  • Hi @terdon. Sorry I had posted the question removing the backslashes. The problem I am facing is, if the end date is not matching with any date in the file, then it is fetching all the logs till the end of the file. Is there a way to stop it till the date before the date where the data is not present?
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That's because you are using / both as a separator for the sed match command and as part of the string being matched. You need to escape the internal /. Try this instead:



$  sed -n '/26/Nov/2018/,/30/Nov/2018/ p' file.log 
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 2"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 3"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 4"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:11 +0530] "Data 5"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 6"
192.168.0.123 - - [28/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 7"
192.168.0.123 - - [29/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 8"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 9"





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  • Hi @terdon. Sorry I had posted the question removing the backslashes. The problem I am facing is, if the end date is not matching with any date in the file, then it is fetching all the logs till the end of the file. Is there a way to stop it till the date before the date where the data is not present?
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That's because you are using / both as a separator for the sed match command and as part of the string being matched. You need to escape the internal /. Try this instead:



$  sed -n '/26/Nov/2018/,/30/Nov/2018/ p' file.log 
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 2"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 3"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 4"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:11 +0530] "Data 5"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 6"
192.168.0.123 - - [28/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 7"
192.168.0.123 - - [29/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 8"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 9"





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  • Hi @terdon. Sorry I had posted the question removing the backslashes. The problem I am facing is, if the end date is not matching with any date in the file, then it is fetching all the logs till the end of the file. Is there a way to stop it till the date before the date where the data is not present?
    – Anant Kumar
    2 days ago













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That's because you are using / both as a separator for the sed match command and as part of the string being matched. You need to escape the internal /. Try this instead:



$  sed -n '/26/Nov/2018/,/30/Nov/2018/ p' file.log 
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 2"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 3"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 4"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:11 +0530] "Data 5"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 6"
192.168.0.123 - - [28/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 7"
192.168.0.123 - - [29/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 8"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 9"





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That's because you are using / both as a separator for the sed match command and as part of the string being matched. You need to escape the internal /. Try this instead:



$  sed -n '/26/Nov/2018/,/30/Nov/2018/ p' file.log 
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:24:59 +0530] "Data 2"
192.168.0.123 - - [26/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 3"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:09 +0530] "Data 4"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:11 +0530] "Data 5"
192.168.0.123 - - [27/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 6"
192.168.0.123 - - [28/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 7"
192.168.0.123 - - [29/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 8"
192.168.0.123 - - [30/Nov/2018:13:25:53 +0530] "Data 9"






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  • Hi @terdon. Sorry I had posted the question removing the backslashes. The problem I am facing is, if the end date is not matching with any date in the file, then it is fetching all the logs till the end of the file. Is there a way to stop it till the date before the date where the data is not present?
    – Anant Kumar
    2 days ago


















  • Hi @terdon. Sorry I had posted the question removing the backslashes. The problem I am facing is, if the end date is not matching with any date in the file, then it is fetching all the logs till the end of the file. Is there a way to stop it till the date before the date where the data is not present?
    – Anant Kumar
    2 days ago
















Hi @terdon. Sorry I had posted the question removing the backslashes. The problem I am facing is, if the end date is not matching with any date in the file, then it is fetching all the logs till the end of the file. Is there a way to stop it till the date before the date where the data is not present?
– Anant Kumar
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Hi @terdon. Sorry I had posted the question removing the backslashes. The problem I am facing is, if the end date is not matching with any date in the file, then it is fetching all the logs till the end of the file. Is there a way to stop it till the date before the date where the data is not present?
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