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File Content Sensor (Line Feed vs Carriage Return)

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I am attempting to monitor a tomcat log file (catalina.out) running on a linux server. When using the File Content Sensor and searching for a simple string such as "error" PRTG returns the entire log file in the message, not just the line it occurred on (the goal). When testing with a file created in windows it returns the proper single line.

This leads me to presume that PRTG is expecting a carriage return in the file and not linux line feed. Short of converting the log file before scanning can prtg work with line feed?

Thanks everyone!

carrage-return file-content-sensor line-feed prtg13

Created on Sep 11, 2013 6:15:09 PM



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I opened a ticket with development to take a look into seeing if this sensor can be changed to allow for Linux line breaks. I'll post the results here.

Created on Sep 13, 2013 11:28:10 AM by Greg Campion [Paessler Support]



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Thank you, this would be a very helpful feature.

Created on Sep 16, 2013 12:58:22 PM



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Unix line breaks were integrated a month ago just to let you know.

Created on Dec 23, 2014 2:16:01 PM by Greg Campion [Paessler Support]




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