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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       evmshow - Displays an EVM event

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       evmshow  [[-d   | -D  | -x] [-t show_template] | [-T timespec]
 | -r  | -b  item_list]  [-c  config_file]  [-f  filter_expr]
 [-F] [-k skip_count] [-n show_count] [filename |
       -]

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Uses config_file as the channel configuration file instead
       of  the  default  file, /etc/evmchannel.conf.  The channel
       configuration file is read when the -d or the -x option is
       used.   Outputs  each  event  as a full multiline detailed
       display, using the details function  (fn_details)  defined
       for  the event in the channel configuration file /etc/evmchannel.conf.
  Outputs each event as a multiline  dump  of
       the  contents  of  the event. This format does not include
       explanation text  or  any  additional  details  about  the
       event.   Does not format events, but outputs each event as
       a raw (binary) event. This option results in an  error  if
       stdout  is  directed  to  a  terminal device.  Outputs the
       specified data items or variable values  in  their  native
       form - ASCII or binary, as appropriate. The item_list must
       specify one or more  standard  data  items  (for  example,
       @timestamp) or variables (for example, $my_variable), separated
 by commas or  tab  characters.  The  list  must  be
       enclosed in single quotes if $ or tab characters are used,
       to protect them from interpretation by the shell. See  the
       DESCRIPTION  section for details of the output produced by
       this option.  Outputs the explanation text for the  event.
       The explanation is obtained using the explanation function
       (fn_explain) defined for the event in the channel configuration
 file /etc/evmchannel.conf.  Outputs each event as a
       formatted line using the specified show_template. If  this
       option is used in conjunction with -d, -D, or -x, the formatted
 line is output first followed by the multiline output
  resulting from the other option.  Outputs the event's
       timestamp value at the start of each formatted  text  line
       using timespec as a template for the timestamp format. See
       the DESCRIPTION section for details of timespec.   Outputs
       only  events  that match the filter_expr.  See the EvmFilter(5) reference page for the filter syntax.   Echoes  any
       specified  filter string to stdout, and terminates. If the
       filter specified with the -f option  refers  to  a  stored
       filter,  the  filter  is  expanded before being displayed.
       This feature is useful for retrieving filter strings  from
       a file. This option cannot be used in conjunction with any
       other output  format  control  option.   Skips  the  first
       skip_count  events  from the input stream before beginning
       output. If skip_count exceeds the number of events in  the
       input stream, no output is produced.  Stops producing output
  after  show_count  events  have   been   output.   If
       show_count  exceeds  the  number  of  events  in the input
       stream, evmshow outputs all events.






OPERANDS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Reads events from file filename. If filename  is  omitted,
       or is specified as -, events are read from stdin.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The evmshow command is EVM's event formatter; it reads raw
       EVM events either produced by other EVM commands or stored
       in a file and converts them to display format for viewing.
       Events are read from stdin if no filename is specified  or
       if  filename  is -. Formatted output is written to stdout.
       The evmshow command can be also used as a filter,  producing
 a selected set of raw events as its output.

       If none of the -d, -D, -r or -b options is specified, each
       event is formatted according to the  following  rules  and
       written to stdout as a single line of text.

       If  the  -t option is included, the supplied show_template
       string is used to format the event. If the  -t  option  is
       omitted  but  the variable EVM_SHOW_TEMPLATE is present in
       the environment, the value of the variable is used as  the
       show_template. If no show_template is available, a default
       value of @@ is used. See the  explanation  below  for  the
       meaning of this value.

       A  show_template  is  a string that may contain event data
       item specifiers  of  the  form  @item_name[%width],  where
       item_name  is  the  name  of any standard event data item,
       such as timestamp or priority and width, if specified,  is
       the  minimum  number  of character spaces the value should
       occupy. (See EvmEvent(5) for a complete list  of  standard
       event data items.)

       Variables  defined in EVM events and templates also can be
       included in the show_template  by  using  variable  specifiers,
 which begin with $.

       If  a  show_template  is  available, evmshow replaces each
       specifier or variable in the template with  the  value  of
       the  corresponding  data  item or variable from the event,
       producing an output string containing  only  the  required
       items.  Any  characters  in the show_template that are not
       part of an item specifier or variable is unchanged in  the
       output,  providing  a  convenient  way  to  insert literal
       strings, punctuation, and  spacing  characters.  Tabs  and
       newlines can be inserted by using \t and \n, respectively.

       For example, show_template "@timestamp [@priority]  @name"
       causes  each  event  read  by evmshow to be displayed as a
       single line of text comprising the date and time, the priority
  of  the  event  enclosed  in brackets, and then the
       event name. The output  appears  as  follows:  03-Feb-2000
       02:00:00 [200]  sys.unix.evm.chmgr.cleanup_done

       The  special  show_template  specifier @@ is replaced with
       the event's formatted text, which is  produced  by  taking
       the  evmtemplate format data item and replacing any embedded
 variable specifiers (beginning with $) with the corresponding
 variable value and replacing any data item specifiers
 with the corresponding data item.

       For example,  the  show_template  "@timestamp  [@priority]
       @@" results in the following style of display: 03-Feb-2000
       02:00:00 [200]  EVM channel mgr: Log cleanup completed

       Items specified by @ in the  show_template  that  are  not
       present in the event are replaced by the character -.

       An  @ or $ character not associated with a valid item name
       or variable value, respectively, is unchanged in the  output.
 If it is necessary to have an @@ or $ sequence in the
       output, the @ and $  characters  should  be  escaped  with
       backslashes (\).

       If the -T option is specified, each formatted line is prefixed
 with the event's timestamp value in a format  specified
  by timespec. The timespec can be any string containing
 specifiers as defined in the Field Descriptors section
       of  the  date(1)  reference  page. For example, the string
       "%Y/%m/%d %T" yields  the  date  and  time  in  yyyy/mm/dd
       hh:mm:ss format with a trailing space character separating
       it from the rest of the line.  You  can  use  this  option
       instead  of  specifying @timestamp in the show_template to
       produce a timestamp in any format you want.

       The -f option can be used to specify an EVM filter string,
       to  limit  the  events that are passed through evmshow. If
       this option is used,  only  events  that  match  the  filter_expr
  are  output. See the EvmFilter(5) reference page
       for the filter syntax.

       The -r option can be used in combination with the -f,  -k,
       and  -n options to make evmshow act as a filter, reading a
       stream of events and writing  only  those  that  meet  the
       selection criteria specified by the other options.  Events
       are output as raw EVM events, so output cannot be directed
       to a terminal if this option is used.

       The  -b  option  can  be  used to extract one or more data
       items or variable values from an  event  stream  in  their
       native binary formats.  This option is particularly useful
       for producing a data file from  events  that  contain  the
       required data in variables.

       Binary  values  are written to the output file in the size
       appropriate to their types - for example,  if  a  variable
       named  in  the  item_list is present in an event and has a
       type of UINT64, 8 bytes of binary data are output.  String
       values  are  output as arbitrary-length character strings,
       terminated by a single null byte. If a data item or  variable
  specified  in  the  item_list  is  not present in an
       event, nothing is written to the output, and no  error  is
       reported.  Output  cannot be directed to a terminal if the
       -b option is used.

NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The -r and -b options should not be used  when  output  is
       sent  indirectly  to a terminal device, such as piping the
       output of the evmshow command to the  more  command.   The
       evmget  and  evmwatch  commands can be made to run evmshow
       automatically by use of their -A  options.  See  evmget(1)
       and evmwatch(1) for more information.

RESTRICTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  evmshow command rejects attempts to output raw events
       to a terminal device.





EXIT STATUS    [Toc]    [Back]

       The following exit values are returned: Successful completion.
  An error occurred.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

       In   the  following  example,  all  available  events  are
       retrieved  and  piped  to  evmshow  for  formatting.   The
       show_template  causes the events to be displayed as timestamp
 value, followed by the event's priority  enclosed  in
       brackets, followed by the formatted event message.  evmget
       | evmshow -t "@timestamp [@priority]  @@" This ksh example
       displays  events  in the same way as the previous example,
       but the show_template is specified in an environment variable,
    simplifying    the   evmshow   command.    export
       EVM_SHOW_TEMPLATE="@timestamp [@priority]   @@"  evmget  |
       evmshow  The  following  example  retrieves  all available
       events using evmget, and sorts them into a  file.  In  the
       evmsort command, the -s option requests that the events be
       sorted into timestamp order, and the hyphen  character  at
       the  end of the sort specification indicates that the sort
       order should be  descending.  This  results  in  the  most
       recent events appearing first. The evmshow command is then
       used to display full details (indicated by the -d  option)
       of  the  first  five  (most  recent) events from the file.
       evmget | evmsort -s "@timestamp-" >  my_eventfile  evmshow
       -n 5 -d my_eventfile | more The following example displays
       the value of the filter named evm, from the  supplied  sys
       filter  file.  Refer to evmfilterfile(4) for more information
 about filter files.  evmshow  -f  "@sys:evm"  -F  The
       following  example  retrieves all events and displays them
       with the timestamp in the form yyyy/mm/dd  hh:mm:ss,  followed
  by  the  priority  and  the  formatted message. See
       date(1) for details of the timestamp  formatting  options.
       evmget  | evmsort | evmshow -T "%Y/%m/%d %T " -t "[@priority]
  @@" The following example watches for events of priority
  600  or greater, and mails them in detailed display
       format to user jim, with a subject  line  that  identifies
       the  event. In the evmshow command, the -t option produces
       the subject line as the first line of the output, and  the
       -d option causes evmshow to follow the subject line with a
       detailed display of the event.  The mail command uses  the
       line  beginning  with Subject: as the subject for the mail
       message.  evmwatch -f "[priority >= 600]" |        evmshow
       -t  "Subject: EVENT [@priority] @@" -d | mail jim The following
 example reads raw EVM events from  the  file  file1
       and  writes  the  events  that  have  a priority of 500 or
       greater to file2. Because the -r option is specified,  the
       output file contains raw EVM events.  evmshow -r -f "[priority
 >= 500]" file1 > file2 The  following  example  uses
       the evmwatch -i option to request a list of all event templates
 from the EVM daemon, and then uses evmshow to  display
  the  name and priority of each template, followed by
       its explanation text. See evmtemplate(4)  for  details  of
       event templates.  evmwatch -i | evmshow -t "@name [@priority]"
 -x | more  The  following  example  uses  evmget  to
       retrieve  recent events from the system's binary error log
       as EVM events, then uses the evmshow -b option to  extract
       the  original binlog event from each EVM event, and writes
       the events to a file. The resulting file has the same format
  as the binary error log file, and can be processed by
       DECevent or Compaq Analyze.  evmget -C binlog -f  '[age  <
       3d]' | evmshow -b '$binlog_event' > my_binlog_file



ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  following  environment variables affect the execution
       of evmshow: This variable contains a string  formatted  as
       described  for  a show_template. If the -d, -D, -t, and -x
       options are omitted, the string is used as  the  show_template
 for output.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       Location of the EVM channel configuration file.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
       Commands: date(1), evmget(1), evminfo(1), evmpost(1), evmsort(1), evmwatch(1)

       Routines: EvmEventFormat(3)

       Files:   evmchannel.conf(4),   evmfilterfile(4),   evmtemplate(4)

       Event Management: EVM(5)

       EVM Events: EvmEvent(5)

       Event Filter: EvmFilter(5)



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