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+#!/bin/bash
+# view the ansible logs
+# takes all the options of grep and passes them straight through - then parses the output so it looks better and readable
+# should only be used on the .log files not the .info files. info files are flat readable
+# example:
+# show-changed -v today mirrorlist
+
+
+logpath='/var/log/ansible'
+search_terms="CHANGED|FAILED"
+
+
+function search_logs ()
+  {
+IFS='
+'
+
+for line in `grep -H -E $search_terms $@`
+do 
+  logpath=`echo $line| cut -d: -f1`
+  hostname=`basename $logpath`
+  dir=`dirname $logpath`
+  runtime=`basename $dir`
+  echo -n "$runtime - $hostname "
+  echo $line | cut -d: -f2-| cut -f3-4
+  json=`echo $line | cut -d: -f2- |cut -f5-`
+  echo $json| python -m json.tool 2>/dev/null >&2
+  if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error parsing json"
+  else 
+    if [ "$verbose" == 'yes' ]; then
+      echo $json| python -m json.tool
+    fi  
+  fi
+done
+
+}
+
+while getopts ":v" opt; do
+  case $opt in
+      v)
+            export verbose='yes'
+                  ;;
+      \?)
+            echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
+                 ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+shift $(( OPTIND - 1 ));
+     
+when='yesterday'
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+when=$1
+fi
+
+ts=`date -d "$when" +%Y/%m/%d`
+
+if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+   where='*'
+else
+   where=$2
+fi
+
+for pb in $logpath/$where/; do
+    if [ -d $pb/$ts ]; then
+        search_logs $pb/$ts/*/*.log
+    fi
+  done
+          
+