.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.4. .TH BRO-CUT "1" "November 2014" "bro-cut " "User Commands" .SH NAME bro-cut \- parse bro logs .SH SYNOPSIS .B bro\-cut [options] [] .SH DESCRIPTION Extracts the given columns from an ASCII Bro log on standard input. If no columns are given, all are selected. By default, .B bro\-cut does not include format header blocks into the output. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-c\fR Include the first format header block into the output. .TP \fB\-C\fR Include all format header blocks into the output. .TP \fB\-d\fR Convert time values into human\-readable format (needs gawk). .HP \fB\-D\fR Like \fB\-d\fR, but specify format for time (see strftime(3) for syntax). .HP \fB\-F\fR Sets a different output field separator. .TP \fB\-n\fR Print all fields *except* those specified. .TP \fB\-u\fR Like \fB\-d\fR, but print timestamps in UTC instead of local time (needs gawk). .HP \fB\-U\fR Like \fB\-D\fR, but print timestamps in UTC instead of local time (needs gawk). .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP .B BRO_CUT_TIMEFMT For the time conversion, the format string can also be specified by setting an environment variable .RB $ BRO_CUT_TIMEFMT . .SH EXAMPLES .B cat conn.log | .B bro\-cut \fB\-d\fR ts id.orig_h id.orig_p .SH AUTHOR .B bro-cut was written by The Bro Project . .PP This manual page was written by Raúl Benencia for the Debian project (but may be used by others).