[hobbit] how to search for exact word patterns

[Greg Hubbard]

Try making it a regex (with % prefix) instead of "simple" expression.

On 9/18/09, Camelia Anghel <canghel at cjh.org> wrote:
>
>  Did that but it look for all messages that have one of the 3 words
>
> Thanks anyway
>
> Camelia
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 18, 2009 11:22 AM
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] how to search for exact word patterns
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>
> I think it's:
>
> HOST=my.host.com
>     LOG /var/log/messages "out of memory" COLOR=red
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> Not tested.
>
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>  On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Camelia Anghel <canghel at cjh.org> wrote:
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>
> Hello all,
> I am trying to set up an alert to search for exact word patterns in
> /var/log/messages.  For example: "Out of Memory"
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Camelia
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