YaST Log Summarizer

When dealing with YaST logs, it happens every now and then that you wade through the voluminous output only to discover that you are looking at the wrong run and the bug happened three days after the start of the log file.

So I wrote a simple log summarizer y2logpids, that shows the first and last lines for each process ID in the log. And as a side feature, it also measures time differences for the case where the reporter says "and then it hangs for 30 minutes".

$ y2logpids -h
Usage:
y2logpids -h|--help
y2logpids [-m] [-d [<seconds>]] [log-files]

Options and Arguments:
-m, --maximum
Show the maximum time difference between log lines, within a single
PID.

-d [seconds], --difference[=seconds]
Show where the time difference is larger than seconds (60 if
unspecified), within a single PID

$ wc -l logs/255012-y2log
23501 logs/255012-y2log
$ y2logpids logs/255012-y2log
2007-03-20 11:13:31 <1> e111(4034) [liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):200 Launched YaST2 component 'y2base' 'inst_suse_register' 'qt' ''
2007-03-20 11:13:45 <1> e111(4034) [media] MediaManager.cc(restoreAutoMounter):248 Restored HAL volume handling (automounter)
2007-03-20 11:14:15 <1> e111(4222) [liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):200 Launched YaST2 component 'y2base' 'inst_suse_register' 'qt' ''
2007-03-20 11:29:07 <1> e111(4222) [media] MediaManager.cc(restoreAutoMounter):248 Restored HAL volume handling (automounter)
2007-03-20 11:32:51 <1> e111(5265) [liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):200 Launched YaST2 component 'y2base' 'online_update' 'qt' ''
2007-03-20 11:33:12 <1> e111(5265) [media] MediaManager.cc(restoreAutoMounter):248 Restored HAL volume handling (automounter)
2007-03-20 11:34:07 <1> e111(5310) [liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):200 Launched YaST2 component 'y2base' 'online_update' 'qt' ''
2007-03-20 12:02:02 <1> e111(5310) [YCP] OnlineUpdateCallbacks.ycp:50 PatchProgressCallback 100
2007-03-20 12:02:18 <1> e111(7003) [liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):200 Launched YaST2 component 'y2base' 'print-product' 'qt' ''
2007-03-20 12:03:51 <1> e111(7003) [zypp] ZYppFactory.cc(unLockFile):139 unlocked
2007-03-20 12:03:55 <0> e111(5310) [zypp] ExternalProgram.cc(checkStatus):333 pid 5881 successfully completed
2007-03-20 12:24:22 <1> e111(5310) [media] MediaManager.cc(restoreAutoMounter):248 Restored HAL volume handling (automounter)
2007-03-20 12:35:41 <1> e111(8715) [liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):200 Launched YaST2 component 'y2base' 'online_update' 'qt' ''
2007-03-20 12:38:51 <1> e111(8715) [media] MediaManager.cc(restoreAutoMounter):248 Restored HAL volume handling (automounter)

Download the script.