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logwatch: Restrict report to only include information for a selected service.

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$ logwatch --range ${all} --service ${select}

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The command "logwatch --range ${all} --service ${select}" is used to run the logwatch tool with specific parameters.

Here's a breakdown of each part of the command:

logwatch: Refers to the logwatch tool. Logwatch is a log analysis and reporting tool that scans log files and generates summary reports.
--range ${all}: Specifies the time range for log analysis. In this case, "${all}" implies that the logwatch tool should analyze all available logs without any specific time restriction.
--service ${select}: Specifies the specific log service or log file to analyze. The "${select}" variable is used here to denote the particular service or log file one wants to analyze. This allows the command to analyze logs from a specific service or file instead of all available logs.

Overall, this command instructs logwatch to analyze log files from all available sources, without limiting the time range, while narrowing the analysis to a specific service or log file specified by "${select}".

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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