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awslogs — Query groups, streams, and events from Amazon CloudWatch logs. More information: <https://github.com

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Problem

How to use the awslogs command: Query groups, streams, and events from Amazon CloudWatch logs. More information: <https://github.com/jorgebastida/awslogs#options>.

Solution

awslogs — Query groups, streams, and events from Amazon CloudWatch logs. More information: <https://github.com/jorgebastida/awslogs#options>.

List log groups:

awslogs groups

List existing streams for the specified group:

awslogs streams {{/var/log/syslog}}

Get logs for any streams in the specified group between 1 and 2 hours ago:

awslogs get {{/var/log/syslog}} {{[-s|--start]}} '{{2h ago}}' {{[-e|--end]}} '{{1h ago}}'

Get logs that match a specific CloudWatch Logs Filter pattern:

awslogs get {{/aws/lambda/my_lambda_group}} --filter-pattern '{{ERROR}}'

Watch logs for any streams in the specified group:

awslogs get {{/var/log/syslog}} ALL --watch

Code Snippets

List log groups

awslogs groups

List existing streams for the specified group

awslogs streams {{/var/log/syslog}}

Get logs for any streams in the specified group between 1 and 2 hours ago

awslogs get {{/var/log/syslog}} {{[-s|--start]}} '{{2h ago}}' {{[-e|--end]}} '{{1h ago}}'

Get logs that match a specific CloudWatch Logs Filter pattern

awslogs get {{/aws/lambda/my_lambda_group}} --filter-pattern '{{ERROR}}'

Watch logs for any streams in the specified group

awslogs get {{/var/log/syslog}} ALL --watch

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