Log file parser - count invocations

Question

My scenario is to find - count of invocations of a specific method which is called on a condition.

Every invocation of the method makes a entry into log file with a combination of static + dynamic content.

So with the help of static text, I need to parse the log file(very massive) and find the count.

Is there any tool available for this ? I know a java program using reader would do the job(as explained here ), but searching for a existing tool / way to do.

Thanks !!

Answer 1

Assuming you need to do this manually, use grep and wc on the command line. (If you need this to run automatically or be invoked from a program you'll have to explain a bit more about the situation)