I am trying to create a script that will parse the /var/log/secure file for failed login attempts for today's date only and redirect those attempts into a separate file so I can view those attempts only in that file. I am having a problem with getting the script to work with the date command output. This is my script:
#!/bin/bash
mydate=$(date '+%D')
mytime=$(date '+%H:%M')
monthday=$(date '+%b %d)
error=$(grep Failed /var/log/secure | grep $monthday >> ~/logs/failed.log
With this code, it will not work. However, if I hard code the date in like this:
error=$(grep Failed /var/log/secure | grep 'Feb 28' >> ~/logs/failed.log
it works.
How can I make it so that the $monthday is the thing grep'd?
