[hobbit] How to search "error." pattern with LOG

[Asif Iqbal]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Vincent Schultz <vschultz at cvf.fr> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to monitor a log file in order to be alerted when the string
> "error." appears.
>
> For instance :
>
> error.grammar
> error.noressource
>
> ... should send an alert
>
> but "error " (with a space after) should not.
>
> I tried to put in hobbit-clients.cfg :
>
> LOG     /tmp/log error. COLOR=yellow
> ==> does not work
>
> LOG     /tmp/log %(?-i)error. COLOR=yellow
> ==> works but match with error (without the .)

`.' includes space as well.
Try something like %error\..  (untested)

>
> Does anyone can help me to find the correct regexp please ?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Vincent
>
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