Logwatch is a customizable log analysis system.
Logwatch parses through your system’s logs and creates a report analyzing areas that you specify. Logwatch is easy to use and will work right out of the package on most systems. Perl 5.8 or newer is recommended to run Logwatch.
This is free and open source software.
Website: sourceforge.net/projects/logwatch
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Developer: Kirk Bauer
License: MIT License
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