log4j

[anaschillin]

Possible to add in log4j parsing similar to logsniffer

[fbaligand]

Could you detail what feature you would like in LogNavigator ?

[anaschillin]

I would like to be able to use log4j ConversionPattern to format log files created with log4j formatting. Essentially columinze the log file.

[fbaligand]

OK, I see.
So you would like that when you see a log file content in "TABLE" mode, you have log lines parsed so that you log lines are split in custom columns, right ?

I thought to such a feature, and I plan to integrate grok library to do this.
Do you know it ? Does it fill your need ?

[anaschillin]

I am not a programmmer but I understand what GROK will allow you to do. Have a look at https://github.com/logsniffer... I dont think thise project uses GROK... I had a quick dig around, it seems to use https://github.com/tony19/named-regexp... I might be wrong

[fbaligand]

Grok allows precisely to use named regexes and provides out-of-the-box numerous named regexes that matches numerous needs.

You can test it easily here :
https://grokdebug.herokuapp.com

[anaschillin]

Hey, sorry been ill past few days. Tried grokdebugger. It does not do what I require it to do.

[fbaligand]

Ok, can you explain what you need and is not provided by grok ?

[anaschillin]

Sorry, ignore me. I didn't realise GORK had its own expression style. Managed to get it work. It does what I need it to do.