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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hello</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Could some body please help me with this plugin, and explain what the proper command line arguments should be.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The documentations says:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Usage: check_log -F logfile -O oldlog -q query</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Usage: check_log --help</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Usage: check_log --version</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">i presume -F is the log file I want to check, and -q is the string I am searching the log for.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have tried </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#./check_log -F test_log -q WARNING</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">this just goves the following error </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">./check_log: test: argument expected.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">what is the -O for old log?? I only have 1 log file, is the -O necessary?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the documentation for this plugin is very brief.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Help Apreciated</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Stuart</FONT>
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