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how grep rm command for sh_history of multiple user?

kpatel786 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:29:39 GMT

On one of our hp server we have 200 users.
I want to find who ran rm command from the repective home directories sh_history file of the users.
I tried grep with for loop but give all junk character.
Kindly assist at the earliest.

Re: how grep rm command for sh_history of multiple user?

Oviwan — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:34:39 GMT

hey

an easy script would be this:

cd /home
while user in $(ls) ; do
echo $user
grep rm $user/.sh_history
done

or maybe you can poste you script...

regards

Re: how grep rm command for sh_history of multiple user?

Pete Randall — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:50:49 GMT

grep -l "rm" /home/*/.sh_history

Pete

Re: how grep rm command for sh_history of multiple user?

kpatel786 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:14:18 GMT

Thank you guys for you assistance

Re: how grep rm command for sh_history of multiple user?

Dennis Handly — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:49:55 GMT

>I tried grep with for loop but give all junk character.

.sh_history has binary characters. In some cases, grepping them locks up my hpterm.
You can pipe the results to vis(1) to prevent this. Taking Pete's example:
grep -n "rm" /home/*/.sh_history | vis

Re: how grep rm command for sh_history of multiple user?

kpatel786 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:20:47 GMT

thanks.