problem w/ check_log2.pl

[Emmett Hogan]

Andreas Ericsson wrote:

> Emmett Hogan wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I am trying to use check_log2.pl via check_by_ssh to check for either 
>> "WARNING" or "NOTICE"...however, if I use the command:
>>
>> check_by_ssh -l nagios -i nagios_key -H hostname -C 
>> '/opt/nagios/libexec/check_log2.pl -l /var/adm/messages -s 
>> /var/tmp/message.nagios-seek -p "WARNING|NOTICE"'
>>
>> It is treating the "|" as a unix pipe and not a regular expression 
>> character.  I have tried every method of "escaping" the character, 
>> but have had no luck.
>> With all of the folks using check_log2.pl, I am sure someone has run 
>> into this before....at least I hope so.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a solution?  (Maybe redefining the "or" character 
>> for a PERL regular expression?)
>>
>
> You need to do do double double-quotes of the regular expression, the 
> inner of which must be escaped (as such):
> blahblah "\"WARNING|NOTICE\""
>
> You can optionally use single qoutes on the outside and double quotes 
> on the inside, or any manner of other method (triple escaping the 
> pipe, for instance). It has to do with how the nrpe daemon executes 
> commands.

That's what I figured, but I have tried escaping, double quoting, etc.  
but to no avail.  If it matters, I am using check_by_ssh, not nrpe. :-(

-Emmett
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