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# The Answer Guy

#### By James T. Dennis, linux-questions-only@ssc.com
Starshine Technical Services, http://www.starshine.org/

### Re Script

From Joe Wronkowski on 23 Oct 1998

Hi Jim,
I was just wondering if there was an easy way to grab the time/date Oct 6 21:57:33 from the same line the `153.37.55.**` was taken from. If you are busy I understand.

Thanks
Joe Wronkowski

> The following `awk` expression will isolate the date and time from these example lines:

> > `date="$1 $2"
> > time="$3"`

sample of log file:

    Oct  6 21:50:19 rogueserver in.telnetd[197]: connect from 208.224.174.21
    Oct  6 21:50:24 rogueserver telnetd[197]: ttloop:  peer died: Success
    Oct  6 21:55:29 rogueserver in.telnetd[211]: connect from 208.224.174.21
    Oct  6 21:55:35 rogueserver telnetd[211]: ttloop:  peer died: Success
    Oct  6 21:57:33 rogueserver in.pop3d[215]: connect from 153.37.55.65
    Oct  6 21:57:34 rogueserver in.pop3d[215]: Servicing request for rogue

##### Copyright © 1998, James T. Dennis
Published in Linux Gazette Issue 34 November 1998

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