SYSLOG2DLF.IN(1)

📦 version 2.1.1, in arch rolling

💫 syslog2dlf — bestie's guide to the syslog→DLF pipeline ✨

okay so picture this: you've got a big messy pile of syslog log files and you need them in DLF form. that's literally the whole plot. this is syslog2dlf, from the Lire gang 💅 (their docs, their rules, our vibe).

✨ NAME ✨

syslog2dlf — the little script that converts syslog log files to DLF 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

syslog2dlf

no flags, no drama, no arguments. she just reads and she delivers 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea: this script uses the Lire::Syslog module to build a DLF representation of your syslog log files. and the best part? it can process all the syslog log formats that module supports. all of them. every single one. she's versatile like that 👑

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

wanna process a log exactly as syslog produced it? just feed it in like this:

$ syslog2dlf < syslog.log

ngl, you'll rarely run syslog2dlf on its own though — most of the time it's lr_log2report doing the calling, like:

$ lr_log2report syslog < /var/log/syslog.log

see? she's a team player 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

⭐ VERSION ⭐

$Id: syslog2dlf.in,v 1.6 2006/07/23 13:16:36 vanbaal Exp $

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org> — yes, a real human, and honestly iconic for it 💜

Copyright (C) 2002 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

This program is part of Lire.

Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, check with http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

💀 real talk: that warranty disclaimer means no warranty, not even the implied kind, and definitely not fitness for a particular purpose. that's not me being dramatic, that's the GPL speaking. read COPYING. 🫶

and that's the whole page bestie 🎀 — shoutout to Lire 2.1.1, dated 2025-09-28, rendered for the SYSLOG2DLF.IN(1) manual. slay, bye 💅✨

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