Apache Http Access Log Parser

What Is Log Parser?
Log parser is small java applications that parses apache HTTP access log files and creates a corresponding tsv(Tab Seperated Values) file.

It provides an easily readable view of log data.

The generated tsv file can also be imported in a database and queried for analysis purpose

How To Run Log Parser?

1. Save the jar on your machine: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2ZiVat5oJMjYjY4NTIyYmUtMWJkMy00OTdiLWJkYjctNDkwYmEwNGY2ZGM0&hl=en_US
or build the jar from code. Code is located at https://github.com/nehasaxena/log-parser

2. For windows:

a. Open command prompt (Windowns--> run -->cmd)

b. Go to folder where you have saved logparser.jar

b. Run command java -jar inputFileName (inputFileName is the fully qualified name of log file, for e.g. C:\logs\test-access.log)

  For linux/unix:

a. Go to folder where you have saved logparser.jar

b. Run command java -jar inputFileName (inputFileName is the fully qualified name of log file, for e.g. temp/logs/test-access.log)

3. Output file is generated in output folder inside the folder where logParser.jar was placed. The file is named as httpLog-yyyymmdd.tsv.

Prerequisites To Run The Jar:
1. JRE(min version 1.5) should be installed on the machine and should be added to classpath

2. Download jar from here: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2ZiVat5oJMjYjY4NTIyYmUtMWJkMy00OTdiLWJkYjctNDkwYmEwNGY2ZGM0&hl=en_US

or build it from code. Code is located at https://github.com/nehasaxena/log-parser

Please give your feedback. This will help me to improve the log parser.