traffic_logcat

Synopsis

traffic_logcat [-o output-file | -a] [-CEhSVw2] [input-file …]

Description

To analyze a binary log file using standard tools, you must first convert it to ASCII. traffic_logcat does exactly that.

Options

-o PATH, --output_file PATH

Specifies where the command output is directed.

-a, --auto_filename

Automatically generates the output filename based on the input filename. If the input is from stdin, then this option is ignored. For example:

traffic_logcat -a squid-1.blog squid-2.blog squid-3.blog

generates:

squid-1.log squid-2.log squid-3.log

-f, --follow

Follows the file, like tail(1) -f

-C, --clf

Attempts to transform the input to Netscape Common format, if possible.

-E, --elf

Attempts to transform the input to Netscape Extended format, if possible.

-S, --squid

Attempts to transform the input to Squid format, if possible.

-2, --elf2

Attempt to transform the input to Netscape Extended-2 format, if possible.

-T, --debug_tags

-w, --overwrite_output

-h, --help

Print usage information and exit.

-V, --version

Print version information and exit.

Note

Use only one of the following options at any given time: -S, -C, -E, or -2.

If no input files are specified, then traffic_logcat reads from the standard input (stdin). If you do not specify an output file, then traffic_logcat writes to the standard output (stdout).

For example, to convert a binary log file to an ASCII file, you can use the traffic_logcat command with either of the following options below:

traffic_logcat binary_file > ascii_file
traffic_logcat -o ascii_file binary_file

The binary log file is not modified by this command.

See Also

tail(1)