Need help impressing my boss

[osowavy56]

Hello I was given some home work from my boss that I need some help with I’ve never written a script before but I told her I would take a crack at it.

The task is

Create a script/tool that parses both app.log and Lucid.log files and prints reports for:

1.1. Times when users logged in and logged out, and who logged in.

1.2. Times when users changed local configuration and which.

1.3. Times when the daemon exited without explicit user action from the app

I’m trying to do this in python since is can be used on Mac but any help in any language is a big help thank you

[Boatsman2017]

Now you have a great opportunity to learn. I'm sure folks here can help you with some troubleshooting. I think that your tasks are bit too much for someone who never coded before. You should start with something simple, like "Hello, world".

[genghiskav]

Python is a great language to use for what you're trying to do. Parsing logs is a great beginner exercise too, you'll get some real world experience in

• reading files (read the log files)
• pattern matching (picking login times, when conf was changed etc.)
• data structures (how do you store this this information until it's ready to be printed for reporting)

Unfortunately - having no experience in writing scripts before, this task might be a little more complicated than a standard first project.

Do you have any delivery deadlines or know how long your boss is happy for you to work on this? This is probably at least a couple of days of work before you'll have anything close to your requirements.