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Filter the access log by time range

harmless rootLogsdebian, ubuntu
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awk -v von="09/Oct/2026:14:00" -v bis="09/Oct/2026:15:00" 'substr($4, 2) >= von && substr($4, 2) < bis' /var/www/vhosts/system/example.com/logs/access_ssl_log

Compares the timestamp of each line as text against start and end values and prints only lines inside the window. The values must use the log format (day/month/year:hour:minute, month as English abbreviation). Can be combined with the other analyses by piping the output onward.

Note: The text comparison only works reliably within the same month. For windows spanning a month boundary, run it twice.

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  • show log between two times
  • filter access log by time
  • requests between 14:00 and 15:00
  • what happened at this time in the log

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