# web-based log file viewer?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-based-log-file-viewer/637348>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-based-log-file-viewer/637348 "2012-10-10T19:41:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-based-log-file-viewer/637348/1 "2012-10-10T19:41:34Z")

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Hi-- I have a single (very small) server log file I would like to run through a log file viewer (so I can try to make sense of it…). Is there a web-based log file viewer out there? Something I can either upload the file to or just paste the text into and then view the better-formatted results?

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-based-log-file-viewer/637348/2 "2012-10-10T19:47:33Z")

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I’m pretty sure every server model in the world has a different format from every other server model. Care to let us in on the secret which one yours is?

Not to mention the file format (text, CSV, whatever).

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-based-log-file-viewer/637348/3 "2012-10-10T19:50:02Z")

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UNIX server. TXT format.

Here is a sample:

```auto

[redacted] 20055 0.0 0.0 122564 4240 ? SN 14:33 0:00 \_ crond
[redacted] 20059 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? ZNs 14:33 0:00 | \_ [wget] <defunct>
[redacted] 20108 0.0 0.0 116140 2644 ? DN 14:33 0:00 | \_ /usr/sbin/exim -odi -Mc 1TM15Z-0005EA-Ig

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-based-log-file-viewer/637348/4 "2012-10-10T19:51:13Z")

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Our server is allegedly sending out spam via CRON jobs; I’m trying to figure out what the heck is going on.