# QSEXEC

Section: qsexec man page (1)
Updated: April 2024
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## NAME

qsexec - parses the data received via stdin and executes the defined command on a pattern match.

## SYNOPSIS

qsexec -e <pattern> [-t <number>:<sec>] [-c <pattern> [<command string>]] [-p] [-u <user>] <command string>

## DESCRIPTION

qsexec reads log lines from stdin and searches for the defined pattern. It executes the defined command string on pattern match.

## OPTIONS

-e <pattern>
  Specifies the search pattern causing an event which shall trigger the command.
-t <number>:<sec>
  Defines the number of pattern match within the the defined number of seconds in order to trigger the command execution. By default, every pattern match causes a command execution.
-c <pattern> [<command string>]
  Pattern which clears the event counter. Executes optionally a command if an event command has been executed before.
-p
  Writes data also to stdout (for piped logging).
-u <name>
  Become another user, e.g. www-data.
<command string>
  Defines the event command string where $0-$9 are substituted by the submatches of the regular expression.

## EXAMPLE

Executes the deny.sh script providing the IP address of the client causing a mod_qos(031) messages whenever the log message appears 10 times within at most one minute:
ErrorLog "|/usr/bin/qsexec -e \'mod_qos\(031\).*, c=([0-9a-zA-Z:.]*)\' -t 10:60 \'/usr/local/bin/deny.sh $1\'"

## SEE ALSO

qsdt(1), qsfilter2(1), qsgeo(1), qsgrep(1), qshead(1), qslog(1), qslogger(1), qspng(1), qsre(1), qsrespeed(1), qsrotate(1), qssign(1), qstail(1)

## AUTHOR

Pascal Buchbinder, http://mod-qos.sourceforge.net/

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