problem w/ check_log2.pl

[Andreas Ericsson]

Emmett Hogan wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I am trying to use check_log2.pl via check_by_ssh to check for either 
> "WARNING" or "NOTICE"...however, if I use the command:
> 
> check_by_ssh -l nagios -i nagios_key -H hostname -C 
> '/opt/nagios/libexec/check_log2.pl -l /var/adm/messages -s 
> /var/tmp/message.nagios-seek -p "WARNING|NOTICE"'
> 
> It is treating the "|" as a unix pipe and not a regular expression 
> character.  I have tried every method of "escaping" the character, but 
> have had no luck.
> With all of the folks using check_log2.pl, I am sure someone has run 
> into this before....at least I hope so.
> 
> Does anyone know of a solution?  (Maybe redefining the "or" character 
> for a PERL regular expression?)
> 

You need to do do double double-quotes of the regular expression, the 
inner of which must be escaped (as such):
blahblah "\"WARNING|NOTICE\""

You can optionally use single qoutes on the outside and double quotes on 
the inside, or any manner of other method (triple escaping the pipe, for 
instance). It has to do with how the nrpe daemon executes commands.

> -E
> 

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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