Hi:

Is there a way to open a saved eventlog (*.evt) from command line?

Thanks in Advance!
Polaris

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> Hi:
>
> Is there a way to open a saved eventlog (*.evt) from command line?
>
> Thanks in Advance!
> Polaris

Here's what I did.

Save the *evt file where you will remember the location. Run and type in
that location and the name of the log that you want to open, in my case it
was test.evt and so I typed X:\test.evt and it opened. The first time it
asked me to pick what I wanted to open it with, I clicked browse, aimed at
the %WinDir%\System32\eventvwr.msc file, made that the default, gave it a
description ("Event Log File") and clicked okay. Then, to make sure it
worked, I ran the prompt again and it worked wonders.

Galen

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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:52:57 -0800, "Polaris" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin,
microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin:

>Is there a way to open a saved eventlog (*.evt) from command line?

DUMPEL.EXE from the Resource Kit:
DUMPEL -b -l saved.evt
See:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c9c31b3d-c3a9-4a73-86a3-630a3c475c1a>.

or PsLogList:
PsLogList -l saved.evt
from <http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psloglist.shtml>

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Polaris wrote:
> Is there a way to open a saved eventlog (*.evt) from command line?
>

Evt files are an input option of Logparser.
IMO a must to process any logfile with sql like queries with these
output formats: (snipped from the help file)
Generic Text File Output Formats
NAT: formats output records as readable tabulated columns.
CSV: formats output records as comma-separated values text.
TSV: formats output records as tab-separated or space-separated values text.
XML: formats output records as XML documents.
W3C: formats output records in the W3C Extended Log File Format.
TPL: formats output records following user-defined templates.
IIS: formats output records in the Microsoft IIS Log File Format.
Special-purpose Output Formats
SQL: uploads output records to a table in a SQL database.
SYSLOG: sends output records to a Syslog server.
DATAGRID: displays output records in a graphical user interface.
CHART: creates image files containing charts.


And even scriptable.
http://www.logparser.com
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

HTH

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Thank you all very much for your help! I will use the dumpel for now.

Polaris

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> Is there a way to open a saved eventlog (*.evt) from command line?
>
> Thanks in Advance!
> Polaris
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