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When troubleshooting a host connectivity issue, I log into an HP 5412, for example and look for possible issues on the one port by pulling up the logs. Is there a way to filter/sort the output so that you only see the events for the desired string ("F18" for example)? The way I have worked around this so far is to copy the logs onto a document and then do a find operation to clean up the output and isolate only what I need for my troubleshooting steps/ticket. This can take a bit of time; is there another command or option to append to the log command which would allow to filter results (much like piping the output to grep for a string in bash).

Thanks!

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    You should really have a log server to which your network devices send their log messages. Log servers usually have more powerful tools for doing such things. – Ron Maupin♦ Nov 17 '20 at 23:33
  • Thank you. This may be something I can suggest to the Network Engineering team in my enterprise (I work in the support center for a fairly large corporation). Excluding that possible resolution; do you know of a way to format the log commands output to sort it? – Punko Brewster Nov 17 '20 at 23:38
  • I will let the experts on HP switches answer. Some groups in our company have tried them a few times, but always ended up dumping them after a few years, so I do not have any real direct experience with them. – Ron Maupin♦ Nov 18 '20 at 0:26
  • Procurve or Comware? As I recall, procurve is a definite no. Comware might support "grep". – Ricky Nov 18 '20 at 4:56
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With most outputs, you can use the common |i scheme, e.g. log | i F18. (i for include, there's also exclude and begin.)

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  • These are Procurve. Thanks for the answer, tested and it worked! – Punko Brewster Nov 18 '20 at 18:10

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