Hey guys, I’m pretty new to ruby. I’ve got a question
I want to parse a log file (standard apache log) and look for a couple
things.
1270.0.1 - - [13/Dec/2007:09:44:41 -0600] “GET /v700.php?
GN=MosherHB&UN=mosherhb&URL=http://photos-179.ll.facebook.com/photos-
ll-sctm/v43/151/5757353179/app_2_5757353179_5703.gif HTTP/1.1” 200 23
“-” “Filter7”
ok that’s a snippet from my log files. These requests are filtered
through a content filtering program. The GN= in the URL is the Account
name, UN= is the User name. I want to parse a log file, and find out
which user (in any group) has made the most requests. Then grab the
requests that user has made and place them in an array. Then time how
long it takes to get to that host (to test the filter load)
Thanks for posting that. I’m always finding myself needing something
similar and had a feeling there was an easier syntax.
You’re welcome. There also Regexp#match if String#[] is not enough (e.g.
if
you need to access the values more than one capturing group), but you
still
only need one match:
md=“I have 100 dollars for you.”.match(/(\d+) (dollars|euros)/)
md[0] #=> “100 dollars”
md[1] #=> “100”
md[2] #=> “dollars”
You only need scan when a match can occur multiple times in a string.
What does that mean?
It means that you’re calling scan on line when line is File object which
doesn’t have scan. If you change File.open to File.foreach, line will
actually be a line of the file (i.e. a string) and the code will work.
(…)
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I’m dumb or something’s not right
jthomas@jthomas-desktop:~/work$ ./test.rb
./test.rb:14: undefined method >' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError) from ./test.rb:20:in inject’
from ./test.rb:13:in each' from ./test.rb:13:in inject’
from ./test.rb:13
I don’t think anyone gets mad about this (and if, then this guy has a
bad attitude), but at any rate you should consider posting your .rb file
too,
so others can see what you made wrong and correct it.
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Cool, thanks. When I’m trying it though I get
Joshua$./test.rb
./test.rb:4: private method scan' called for #<File:access.log (closed)> (NoMethodError) from ./test.rb:3:in open’
from ./test.rb:3
(I use linux)
What does that mean?
Thanks for the help. Can you answer a few questions though?
ok when it prints out the user requests, is there a way I can use
regex to get just a URL? That’s really what I need in that array.
Thanks for all your help. I’ve got a book on ruby and will start
reading it when I get the chance
Ugh, US= should be UN=, sorry for the multiple emails.
reading it when I get the chance
Guess I should clarify, the first bit of regex works fine, gets the
users and selects the user with the most requests. But when it prints
out the requests it does this
User name: tendercarepro
Requests: 70.xxx.xxx.xxx- - [13/Dec/2007:09:44:39 -0600] “GET / [email protected]&UN=tendercarepro&URL=http:// s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-AV076_Umami_20071205151444.jpg
HTTP/1.1” 200 17 “-” “Filter7”
I want to strip out everything but the base URL, in this case http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-AV076_Umami_20071205151444.jpg
(taken from my firewall logs)
sorry if I’m annoying you guys, you’ve been a huge help
