[SOLVED] Sed : select lines between two timestamps

Issue

I want to select lines between two timestamps - 60 minutes before and now

My command is

sed -n '/"$(date -d '60 minutes ago'  +"%H:%m")"/,/"$(date -d  +"%H:%m")"/p'  /var/www/html/glpi/files/_log/event.log/

But i get :

sed: -e expression #1, char 14: unterminated address regex

Solution

In single quotes, $( and " are not treated specially, and single quotes don't nest.

You also probably don't want to use the %H:%m format, as it means hour:month.

sed -n "/$(date -d 60\ minutes\ ago +%H:%M)/,\$p"

But if the exact time wasn't logged, it wouldn't work. It might be better to use a more powerful language than sed that can actually parse the timestamps and compare them properly.

Answered By - choroba

Answer Checked By - Terry (WPSolving Volunteer)