On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 15:28:26 Brian Wood wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:16 PM, I wrote: > > Is there a way to delete a bunch of stuff from a > > journalctl log? I started a program that had a > > problem and the same problem was logged over > > and over again. Now it takes a long time for > > me to grep for things in the log and so on. > > I've looked through the man page and done > > some duckduckgoing, but haven't figured out > > how to delete anything yet. Thanks. > > Am I the only guy with this problem? I guess it's a > hard problem because the log is stored as binary. What is your end goal for the edited log? If you are just looking to preserve a copy of certain errors you will have to save it as a separate file. Other than changing the size of the retained log or changing the level of logging done there appears to be no way to alter the log file itself. I have a feeling this was done on purpose to avoid one of the easier methods to falsify system logs. Sorry I couldn't be of any real help. -- Patrick 'Finn' Robins -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140624/2a471579/attachment.pgp>