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.\"     Title: zypper-log
.\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 1.5.7.1
.\"      Date: 2018-09-21
.\"    Manual: ZYPPER
.\"    Source: SUSE Linux
.\"  Language: English
.\"
.TH "ZYPPER\-LOG" "8" "2018-09-21" "SUSE Linux" "ZYPPER"
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.SH "NAME"
zypper\-log \- Zypper logfile reader
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBzypper\-log\fP [\fIOPTIONS\fP] [\fIPID\fP]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBzypper\-log\fP can read zypper\(cqs logfiles. It can also handle rotated logfiles, and will open plain, xz, gz and bz2\-compressed files.
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By default \fB/var/log/zypper.log\fP will be read and a list of all \fBzypper\fP invocations is shown:
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$ zypper\-log
Reading /var/log/zypper.log ............... DONE

TIME              PID    VER      CMD
2013\-10\-15 11:01  2195   1.11.14  /usr/bin/zypper se spell
2013\-10\-15 11:03  2703   1.11.14  /usr/bin/zypper in aspell\-en aspell\-ispell aspell\-de
2013\-10\-15 15:00  22463  1.11.14  /usr/bin/zypper lr \-u
2013\-10\-15 15:00  22479  1.11.14  /usr/bin/zypper lr \-s
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When you provide a pid, you will get the complete log for the corresponding zypper run.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-d\fP \fIYYYY\-MM\-DD\fP
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Only view zypper runs of the specified day.
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\fB\-l\fP \fIFILE\fP
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Only read this logfile.
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\fB\-r\fP \fINUMBER\fP
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Also read the \fINUMBER\fP latest rotated logfiles.
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\fB\-\-help\fP
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Print help and quit.
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.SH "FILES"
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\fB/var/log/zypper.log\fP
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\fBzypper\fP default logfile.
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\fB/var/log/YaST2/y2log\fP
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As YAST uses a similar logfile format, you should be able to scan the YAST logfiles as well, using the \fB\-l\fP switch.
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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Dominik Heidler <\c
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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zypper(8)