#!/bin/bash
#
# logsurf DW 2001-06-17
#
# extract firewall messages of today or given date in variable TAG (e.g. TAG="Jun  2")
#
DATUM=
DATUM=`echo "$TAG" |\
    egrep "[Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec] [ 123][0-9]|\
    cut -c 1-6"`
if test -z "$DATUM" ;then
    DATUM=`tail -n 1 /var/log/messages|cut -c 1-6`
fi
echo "Date: $DATUM"
egrep "^$DATUM.*(DENY|REJECT|ACCEPT)" /var/log/messages