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Werk #8303: Added new utility logdate, directly callable without path

Component Setup, site management
Title Added new utility logdate, directly callable without path
Date Oct 1, 2015
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.2.7i3 Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
OMD[mysite]:~$ logdate --help
Usage: logdate [-h|--help] [FILE1 FILE2 ...]

Reads log lines from stdin or from specified files and searches for
timestamps in the form [1443685694] (Unix epoch timestamp). Writes the
lines to standard output while replacing the timestamps by local times
in the format [2015-10-01 09:48:14].

Example:

logdate var/check_mk/core/history

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