zypper-log8
Zypper logfile reader
Usage
zypper-log [OPTIONS]
[PID]
Overview
zypper-log can read zypper’s logfiles. It can also handle rotated logfiles, and will open plain, xz, gz and bz2-compressed files.
By default /var/log/zypper.log will be read and a list of all zypper invocations is shown:
$ zypper-log Reading /var/log/zypper.log ............... DONE TIME PID VER CMD 2013-10-15 11:01 2195 1.11.14 /usr/bin/zypper se spell 2013-10-15 11:03 2703 1.11.14 /usr/bin/zypper in aspell-en aspell-ispell aspell-de 2013-10-15 15:00 22463 1.11.14 /usr/bin/zypper lr -u 2013-10-15 15:00 22479 1.11.14 /usr/bin/zypper lr -s
When you provide a pid, you will get the complete log for the corresponding zypper run.
Options
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-d YYYY-MM-DD -
Only view zypper runs of the specified day.
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-l FILE -
Only read this logfile.
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-r NUMBER -
Also read the NUMBER latest rotated logfiles.
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--help -
Print help and quit.
Files
/var/log/zypper.log
zypper default logfile.
/var/log/YaST2/y2log
As YAST uses a similar logfile format, you should be able to scan the YAST logfiles as well, using the -l switch.
Releases
6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 5 times.