Subject: 1. Perl for log analysis 2. Specimen logs hello 1. I am pursuing a project in log analysis(mainly attacklogs..security) and i have a doubt regarding general log analyis. I would like to know why generally Perl, Python etc. are used for log analysis. The SYSLOG MODULE support in Perl is one reason. But a similar library in GNU C lib is available. viz:- syslog.h Why then do programmers go for Perl? Is it due to simpler pattern matching techniques available. Same are then available in C viz:- strtok(). Since i am new to perl and have to decide which of C and Perl is better for syslog log analysis, kindly sugegst the advantages of perl over C wrt log analysis. 2. I want specimen syslog logs esp security...for Red Hat Linux 8.0 Server. Any idea where can i get them? Thank you in advance. bye beproj