Comments on: Analyzing access logs to find patterns, or “Just how many bots are out there anyway?”: In which we give a gentle introduction to command-line tools. http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/ Sharing tips, scripts and hacks for your creative workflow. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-62575 John Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:55:19 +0000 http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/#comment-62575 For some reason, my single quotes got transformed into something else in my prior post. Fix the single quotes around the {print $1} and it will work. For some reason, my single quotes got transformed into something else in my prior post. Fix the single quotes around the {print $1} and it will work.

]]> By: John http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-62574 John Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:50:34 +0000 http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/#comment-62574 Great post, sabernar. I took your methods and came up with a nice way of seeing the most common IP addresses in an apache access log: cat access_log | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -g Great post, sabernar. I took your methods and came up with a nice way of seeing the most common IP addresses in an apache access log:

cat access_log | awk ‘{print $1}’ | sort | uniq -c | sort -g

]]> By: Meta: Interesting Access Logs at LaslowNET http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-52231 Meta: Interesting Access Logs at LaslowNET Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:13:01 +0000 http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/#comment-52231 [...] entirely happy with the results (top thirty visitors only), so a little Googling led me to this post about grabbing just the IP addresses from log files (I’m a little rusty on the finer points of grep and the like). After a little reading, I [...] [...] entirely happy with the results (top thirty visitors only), so a little Googling led me to this post about grabbing just the IP addresses from log files (I’m a little rusty on the finer points of grep and the like). After a little reading, I [...]

]]> By: AJi Prabowo http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-49040 AJi Prabowo Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:09:31 +0000 http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/#comment-49040 great resource!! rather than downloading our 500MB access_log file, tail-ing the log file with some filter to it has made my job finished quicker. great job!! thanks, regards, AJi great resource!! rather than downloading our 500MB access_log file, tail-ing the log file with some filter to it has made my job finished quicker.

great job!!
thanks,
regards,
AJi

]]> By: Penguin Pete http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-34940 Penguin Pete Tue, 19 May 2009 23:43:25 +0000 http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/#comment-34940 Very informative! I, too, use access logs from my site and the Linux command line in just this way. Always fun to figure out what the game is! Very informative! I, too, use access logs from my site and the Linux command line in just this way. Always fun to figure out what the game is!

]]> By: Dr J http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-21909 Dr J Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:56:16 +0000 http://www.creative-workflow-hacks.com/2006/05/01/analyzing-access-logs-to-find-patterns-or-just-how-many-bots-are-out-there-anyway-in-which-we-give-a-gentle-introduction-to-command-line-tools/#comment-21909 Excellent writeup. A good refresher for some and hopefully it opens up the whole new world of the command line to others. Excellent writeup. A good refresher for some and hopefully it opens up the whole new world of the command line to others.

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