Sort based on timestamp in log file

[mkoliwad]

Hi All,

I need your valuable suggestion as how to sort the log files based on timestamp. Below is the sample log content.

string May 28 22:07:48 2015 Log data
string May 28 22:07:48 2015 Log data
string May 28 22:07:48 2015 Log data

I would like to sort based on "May 28 22:07:48 2015". It has both numeric and characters. so What is the way to achive dresired output.

Your help will be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Manju

[cfajohnson]

The best way is to configure the program that creates the file to use the ISO standard date format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS

Then the sort command will do the job.

[mkoliwad]

Hi cfajohnson,

Thanks for the suggestion, Could you let me know if this is fine.YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS ==> 2015-06-01 10:20:30

Thanks,
Manju