TEXT_MON Question

[Sharon Lancaster]

We have a scenario where we need to monitor a file for multiple strings, like "Add User", "Delete User", "Error" and if any of the strings are found send the file in an e-mail to a group and if none of the strings are found send an e-mail stating something like "No String Found", do you know if TEXT_MON can monitor for multiple strings and do you know of a way to send the file? Also we don't want the TEXT_MON job to fail either way, any ideas on how to accomplish this?

 

Thank you.

Sharon

[Rick Romanowski]

This is an alternate method using a LINUX_JOB with the grep command with the -E option.  I took a shortcut and just used SEND statements since email is specific to your environment.  With this solution there are no failed jobs.  Depending on the Completion Code of the grep command the next job will be run or bypassed.

 

Command syntax:

grep -E 'Add User|Delete User|Error' <file>

 

ESP PROC

 

PROCEDURE_SECTION:                                    

                                                      

LinuxFile = "<file>"          /* Enter file name */                    

S1 = "Add User"                                      

S2 = "Delete User"                                    

S3 = "Error"                                          

                                                      

APPL TEXTGREP                                        

                                                      

LINUX_JOB TEXTGREP                                    

  AGENT LJ_LINUX64                                    

  CMDNAME /bin/bash                                   

  USER compops                                        

  ARGS -c "grep -E '%S1|%S2|%S3' %LinuxFile"          

  EXITCODE 0-1 SUCCESS                                

  RUN ANYDAY                                          

  RELEASE ADD(FOUND) COND(RC(0))                      

  RELEASE ADD(NOTFOUND) COND(RC(1))                   

ENDJOB  

                                                  

JOB FOUND TASK SELFCOMPLETING                    

  SEND 'STRING FOUND' U(*)                        

  RUN ANYDAY                                      

ENDJOB                                            

                                                  

JOB NOTFOUND TASK SELFCOMPLETING                  

  SEND 'STRING NOT FOUND' USER(*)                 

  RUN ANYDAY                                      

ENDJOB                                                                                        

[Sharon Lancaster]

Sorry should have mentioned this was for Windows.

[Rick Romanowski]

This is so much easier in Linux.  I tried unsuccessfully with replacing grep with findstr. 

 

The findstr command works as expected in a Windows Command prompt, but I have not had success with it in an NT_JOB.

 

If you are able to create a Windows Batch File on the server a solution is listed below.

 

Windows Batch File TEXTFIND.bat

findstr "Add User Delete User Error" %1%

 

ESP PROC

 

PROCEDURE_SECTION:                                   
                                                     
WindowsFile = %USER1                                 
                                                     
APPL TEXTFIND                                        
                                                     
NT_JOB TEXTFIND                                      
  AGENT <Agent Name>                           
  CMDNAME <Path>TEXTFIND.bat                 
  ARGS %WindowsFile                                  
  EXITCODE 0-1 SUCCESS                               
  RUN ANYDAY                                         
  RELEASE ADD(FOUND) COND(RC(0))             
  RELEASE ADD(NOTFOUND) COND(RC(1))          
ENDJOB                                       
                                             
JOB FOUND TASK SELFCOMPLETING                
  SEND 'STRING FOUND' U(*)                   
  RUN ANYDAY                                 
ENDJOB                                       
                                             
JOB NOTFOUND TASK SELFCOMPLETING             
  SEND 'STRING NOT FOUND' USER(*)            
  RUN ANYDAY                                 
ENDJOB                      

[Rick Romanowski]

Windows solution:

 

PROCEDURE_SECTION:                                

                                                   

AgentName = %USER1

WindowsFile = %USER2              

S1 = "Add User"                                    

S2 = "Delete User"                                

S3 = "Error"                                      

                                                   

APPL TEXTGREP                                      

                                                   

NT_JOB TEXTFIND                                    

  AGENT %AgentName                                        

  CMDNAME FINDSTR                                  

  ARGS    "%S1 %S2 %S3" %WindowsFile               

  EXITCODE 0-1 SUCCESS                          

  RUN ANYDAY                                    

  RELEASE ADD(FOUND) COND(RC(0))                

  RELEASE ADD(NOTFOUND) COND(RC(1))             

ENDJOB                                          

                                                

JOB FOUND TASK SELFCOMPLETING                  

  SEND 'STRING FOUND' U(*)                      

  RUN ANYDAY                                    

ENDJOB                                          

                                                

JOB NOTFOUND TASK SELFCOMPLETING                

  SEND 'STRING NOT FOUND' USER(*)               

  RUN ANYDAY                                    

ENDJOB

[Sharon Lancaster]

Thank you, I'll take a look at this and do some testing but it does look promising. Thanks again!