﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>LogViewPlus Support » LogViewPlus Support » Configuration &amp; Customization  » Question for parsing a log with multiple lines</title><generator>InstantForum 2017-1 Final</generator><description>LogViewPlus Support</description><link>https://www.logviewplus.com/forum/</link><webMaster>LogViewPlus Support</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 04:24:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Question for parsing a log with multiple lines</title><link>https://www.logviewplus.com/forum/post/2266</link><description>Hi, I have a log file with multiple lines that are different:&lt;br/&gt;line 1 -  6:46:16&amp;nbsp; (@-SLOG@) Timestamp Time: Fri Aug 11 2023 06:46:16 UTC&lt;br/&gt;line 2 -  7:47:58 ) IN: "c" &lt;a href="mailto:name@server1.com"&gt;name@server1.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;line 3 - 7:57:58 ) OUT: "c" &lt;a href="mailto:name@server1.com"&gt;name@server1.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;When I import file it gives me today's date by default.&lt;br/&gt;I would like to have:&lt;br/&gt;date , timestamp, in or out, name, server&lt;br/&gt;with date being on the Timestamp line and every line below has that same date until the next date&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;How can I create the date column based on the timestamp value and parse the rest based on line 2 rules</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:55:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ggomez</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Question for parsing a log with multiple lines</title><link>https://www.logviewplus.com/forum/post/2268</link><description>Hi,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Currently, it is not possible to parse the date from one log line and apply it to other log lines without writing a &lt;a href="https://www.logviewplus.com/docs/custom_parsers.html" id="if_insertedNode_1729788801109"&gt;custom parser&lt;/a&gt; or (possibly) a &lt;a href="https://www.logviewplus.com/docs/post_processors.html" id="if_insertedNode_1729788823629"&gt;post processor&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The best you will be able to do in this case is to extract the timestamp and apply a default or &lt;a href="https://www.logviewplus.com/docs/date_specifier.html" id="if_insertedNode_1729788902614"&gt;metadata date&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hope that helps,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Toby</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:55:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>LogViewPlus Support</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>