> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bagz.fr/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Display log file with timestamp in human-readable format - URL: https://www.bagz.fr/display-log-file-with-timestamp-in-human-readable-format/ - Published: 2023-12-12T16:30:44.000Z - Updated: 2023-12-12T16:30:44.000Z - Author: bgazui - Tags: Linux, MacOS, #Migrated-1790668826633, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-29 08:00 By default, some logs (like squid logs) will be recorded with unix timestamp, stored as *.* which are hard to read for analysis. You would have for example this kind of logs: ``` 1702397611.273 14010 192.168.1.2 TCP_MISS_ABORTED/000 0 GET http://xx.yyy.zz/ - HIER_DIRECT/0.0.0.0 - 1702397866.155 1092 192.168.1.2 TCP_TUNNEL_ABORTED/200 5478 CONNECT xx.yyy.zz:443 - HIER_DIRECT/0.0.0.0 - 1702397866.161 1349 192.168.1.2 TCP_TUNNEL_ABORTED/200 4589 CONNECT xx.yyy.zz:443 - HIER_DIRECT/0.0.0.0 - 1702398066.598 34006 192.168.1.2 TCP_TUNNEL/200 7336 CONNECT xx.yyy.zz:443 - HIER_DIRECT/0.0.0.0 - 1702398133.589 63009 192.168.1.2 TCP_TUNNEL/200 4989 CONNECT xx.yyy.zz:443 - HIER_DIRECT/0.0.0.0 - ``` In order to display them in human readable format, you can just use that simple command: ``` cat access.log | perl -p -e 's/^([0-9\.]*)/"[".localtime($1)."]"/e' ``` You will then have such result: ``` [Tue Dec 12 17:13:31 2023] 14010 192.168.1.2 TCP_MISS_ABORTED/000 0 GET http://xx.yyy.zz/ - HIER_DIRECT/0.0.0.0 - [Tue Dec 12 17:17:46 2023] 1092 192.168.1.2 TCP_TUNNEL_ABORTED/200 5478 CONNECT xx.yyy.zz:443 - HIER_DIRECT/0.0.0.0 - [Tue Dec 12 17:17:46 2023] 1349 192.168.1.2 TCP_TUNNEL_ABORTED/200 4589 CONNECT xx.yyy.zz:443 - HIER_DIRECT/0.0.0.0 - [Tue Dec 12 17:21:06 2023] 34006 192.168.1.2 TCP_TUNNEL/200 7336 CONNECT xx.yyy.zz:443 - HIER_DIRECT/0.0.0.0 - [Tue Dec 12 17:22:13 2023] 63009 192.168.1.2 TCP_TUNNEL/200 4989 CONNECT xx.yyy.zz:443 - HIER_DIRECT/0.0.0.0 - ```