Usage: ipsearch.pl [Options]
Options:
--ip=[ip address to search]
Where [ip address to search] is a valid ip address to search for.
--hostname=[hostname]
Where [hostname] is a valid hostname to search for.
--address-file=[file]
Where [file] is the name of a file containing addresses to search for, one per line.
--config-file=[file]
Where [file] is the configuration file to use.
-s|--summary: Prints out a summary of the addresses found.
--no-host: Do not perform lookups on hostnames
--file=[extrastring:]filename Where filename is the name of another log file to search
And where [extrastring:] is another string that must be found for any matches for this file.
-h|--help: Prints this help screen
Examples:
ipsearch.pl --ip=127.0.0.1
Searches for all occurances of the ip address 127.0.0.1 in the log files
ipsearch.pl --hostname=abc.xyz.com
Searchs for all occurances of hostname abc.xyz.com in the log files.
Address File:
The address file is a file which contains ip addresses or hostnames, one per line. For example:
addresses:
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.2
localhost
Config File:
The config file is a file used to define the log files to search for addresses.
Ip address wildcards:
Groups of IP addresses can be searched for by leaving out poritions of the address.
For example '--ip=127.0.0.' will search for all ip addresses beginning with '127.0.0.'
Note: In this case, hostname searching is not performed.