Examples for Alda

Here follow some examples on how one can use Alda.

Simple examples

Description Command Example Output
Show all file names from input log 
alda -f -L I -o "%IF"
 
       fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290900-zv---tiff
       fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290600-zv---tiff
       RADI_I128053027
       RADI_I128105910
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268150425.RADAR
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I271130425.RADAR
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268131923.RADAR
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I271130423.RADAR
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I268131925.RADAR
       ekxr.01.wrk.241926.buf
       ekxr.01.wrk.271206.buf
       ekxr.01.wrk.271246.buf
       ekxr.01.wrk.271216.buf
       ekxr.01.wrk.241406.buf
       B106.T00114
       S106.T12003
Show all file names from input log starting with the name DMI 
alda -f -L I -o "%IF" DMI\*
 
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268150425.RADAR
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I271130425.RADAR
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268131923.RADAR
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I271130423.RADAR
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I268131925.RADAR
Show all file names from input log and the size in bytes describing each element in more details. 
alda -f -L I -o "Filename: %IF   Size: %ISB"
 
       Filename: fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290900-zv---tiff   Size: 117132
       Filename: fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290600-zv---tiff   Size: 117376
       Filename: RADI_I128053027   Size: 7290
       Filename: RADI_I128105910   Size: 127
       Filename: DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268150425.RADAR   Size: 4280
       Filename: DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I271130425.RADAR   Size: 16413
       Filename: DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268131923.RADAR   Size: 3412
       Filename: DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I271130423.RADAR   Size: 14115
       Filename: DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I268131925.RADAR   Size: 3595
       Filename: ekxr.01.wrk.241926.buf   Size: 2073
       Filename: ekxr.01.wrk.271206.buf   Size: 23193
       Filename: ekxr.01.wrk.271246.buf   Size: 22808
       Filename: ekxr.01.wrk.271216.buf   Size: 23845
       Filename: ekxr.01.wrk.241406.buf   Size: 2108
       Filename: B106.T00114   Size: 1026648
       Filename: S106.T12003   Size: 1806736

File size

Description Command Example Output
Show all file names from input log and the size in bytes separated by a pipe (|) sign. 
alda -f -L I -o "%IF|%ISB"
 
       fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290900-zv---tiff|117132
       fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290600-zv---tiff|117376
       RADI_I128053027|7290
       RADI_I128105910|127
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268150425.RADAR|4280
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I271130425.RADAR|16413
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268131923.RADAR|3412
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I271130423.RADAR|14115
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I268131925.RADAR|3595
       ekxr.01.wrk.241926.buf|2073
       ekxr.01.wrk.271206.buf|23193
       ekxr.01.wrk.271246.buf|22808
       ekxr.01.wrk.271216.buf|23845
       ekxr.01.wrk.241406.buf|2108
       B106.T00114|1026648
       S106.T12003|1806736
Show all file names from input log and the size in kilobytes and whole numbers separated by a pipe (|) sign. 
alda -f -L I -o "%IF|%ISK"
 
       fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290900-zv---tiff|114
       fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290600-zv---tiff|114
       RADI_I128053027|7
       RADI_I128105910|0
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268150425.RADAR|4
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I271130425.RADAR|16
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268131923.RADAR|3
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I271130423.RADAR|13
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I268131925.RADAR|3
       ekxr.01.wrk.241926.buf|2
       ekxr.01.wrk.271206.buf|22
       ekxr.01.wrk.271246.buf|22
       ekxr.01.wrk.271216.buf|23
       ekxr.01.wrk.241406.buf|2
       B106.T00114|1002
       S106.T12003|1764
Show all file names from input log and the size in kilobytes and fractional numbers with two digits behind the decimal dot separated by a pipe (|) sign. 
alda -f -L I -o "%IF|%.2dISK"
 
       fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290900-zv---tiff|114.39
       fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290600-zv---tiff|114.62
       RADI_I128053027|7.12
       RADI_I128105910|0.12
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268150425.RADAR|4.18
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I271130425.RADAR|16.03
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268131923.RADAR|3.33
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I271130423.RADAR|13.78
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I268131925.RADAR|3.51
       ekxr.01.wrk.241926.buf|2.02
       ekxr.01.wrk.271206.buf|22.65
       ekxr.01.wrk.271246.buf|22.27
       ekxr.01.wrk.271216.buf|23.29
       ekxr.01.wrk.241406.buf|2.06
       B106.T00114|1002.59
       S106.T12003|1764.39
Show all file names from input log and the size in best human readable form in fractional numbers with two digits behind the decimal dot separated by a pipe (|) sign. 
alda -f -L I -o "%IF|%.2dISA"
 
       fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290900-zv---tiff|114.39 KiB
       fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290600-zv---tiff|114.62 KiB
       RADI_I128053027|7.12 KiB
       RADI_I128105910|127.00 B
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268150425.RADAR|4.18 KiB
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I271130425.RADAR|16.03 KiB
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268131923.RADAR|3.33 KiB
       DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I271130423.RADAR|13.78 KiB
       DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I268131925.RADAR|3.51 KiB
       ekxr.01.wrk.241926.buf|2.02 KiB
       ekxr.01.wrk.271206.buf|22.65 KiB
       ekxr.01.wrk.271246.buf|22.27 KiB
       ekxr.01.wrk.271216.buf|23.29 KiB
       ekxr.01.wrk.241406.buf|2.06 KiB
       B106.T00114|1002.59 KiB
       S106.T12003|1.72 MiB

Date

Description Command Example Output
Show all file names from input log, the date expressed in unix time in decimal numbers and the size in bytes separated by a pipe (|) sign. 
alda -f -L I -o "%ITu|%IF|%ISB"
 
       1216637123|fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290900-zv---tiff|117132
       1216637123|fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290600-zv---tiff|117376
       1216637124|RADI_I128053027|7290
       1216637124|RADI_I128105910|127
       1216637124|DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268150425.RADAR|4280
       1216637124|DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I271130425.RADAR|16413
       1216637124|DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268131923.RADAR|3412
       1216637124|DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I271130423.RADAR|14115
       1216637124|DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I268131925.RADAR|3595
       1216637124|ekxr.01.wrk.241926.buf|2073
       1216637124|ekxr.01.wrk.271206.buf|23193
       1216637124|ekxr.01.wrk.271246.buf|22808
       1216637124|ekxr.01.wrk.271216.buf|23845
       1216637124|ekxr.01.wrk.241406.buf|2108
       1216637124|B106.T00114|1026648
       1216637124|S106.T12003|1806736
Show all file names from input log, the date expressed in unix time hexadecimal numbers and the size in bytes separated by a pipe (|) sign. 
alda -f -L I -o "%xITu|%IF|%ISB"
 
       488468c3|fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290900-zv---tiff|117132
       488468c3|fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290600-zv---tiff|117376
       488468c4|RADI_I128053027|7290
       488468c4|RADI_I128105910|127
       488468c4|DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268150425.RADAR|4280
       488468c4|DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I271130425.RADAR|16413
       488468c4|DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268131923.RADAR|3412
       488468c4|DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I271130423.RADAR|14115
       488468c4|DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I268131925.RADAR|3595
       488468c4|ekxr.01.wrk.241926.buf|2073
       488468c4|ekxr.01.wrk.271206.buf|23193
       488468c4|ekxr.01.wrk.271246.buf|22808
       488468c4|ekxr.01.wrk.271216.buf|23845
       488468c4|ekxr.01.wrk.241406.buf|2108
       488468c4|B106.T00114|1026648
       488468c4|S106.T12003|1806736
Show all file names from input log, the date expressed in a human readable form (HH:MM:SS DD.MM.YYYY) and the size in bytes separated by a pipe (|) sign. 
alda -f -L I -o "%ITX %ITd.%ITm.%ITY|%IF|%ISB"
 
       12:45:23 21.07.2008|fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290900-zv---tiff|117132
       12:45:23 21.07.2008|fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290600-zv---tiff|117376
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|RADI_I128053027|7290
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|RADI_I128105910|127
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268150425.RADAR|4280
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I271130425.RADAR|16413
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268131923.RADAR|3412
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I271130423.RADAR|14115
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I268131925.RADAR|3595
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|ekxr.01.wrk.241926.buf|2073
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|ekxr.01.wrk.271206.buf|23193
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|ekxr.01.wrk.271246.buf|22808
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|ekxr.01.wrk.271216.buf|23845
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|ekxr.01.wrk.241406.buf|2108
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|B106.T00114|1026648
       12:45:24 21.07.2008|S106.T12003|1806736

Strings

Description Command Example Output
Cut of the first part of a remote output file name/directory. If the complete path is /home/donald/xfs/TOPF/A_IS..., /home/donald/xfs/HLYD/A_IEVX... or /home/donald/cache/data/sf-pklo/WIGO... and you would like to cut away /home/donald. With the following command syntax you can just show part of string. 
alda -f -h ducktown -L O -o "%OTd %OTH:%OTM:%OTS %OSB %[13-$]OF"
 
       04 17:07:35 201 /xfs/TOPF/A_ISSE01LFPW041700RRA_C_EDZW_20240404170705_80705845
       04 17:07:35 42605 /xfs/HLYD/A_IEVX61EUMP041616_C_EDZW_20240404170701_80705767
       04 17:07:35 126938 /xfs/HLYD/A_IELX11EUMS041519_C_EDZW_20240404170653_80705423
       04 17:07:42 250 /files/data/sf-pklo/WIGOS_0-20000-0-02609_2024-04-04T170000.bufr

HTML output

With the help of the header option (-H) and the footer option it is also possible to let alda generate HTML logs.

Alda command 
alda -f -L I -H header.file -F footer.file -o "<tr><td>%ITX %ITd.%ITm.%ITY</td><td>%IF</td><td>%ISB</td></tr>"
Content of header file (header.file) 
       <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
       <html>
       <body bgcolor="#F0ECD6">
       <table border>
Content of footer file (footer.file) 
       </table>
       </body>
       </html>
Resulting HTML Output 
       <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
       <html>
       <body bgcolor="#F0ECD6">
       <table border>
       <tr><td>12:45:23 21.07.2008</td><td>fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290900-zv---tiff</td><td>117132</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:23 21.07.2008</td><td>fx401-ana_bwk_we_P_000_000-9611290600-zv---tiff</td><td>117376</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>RADI_I128053027</td><td>7290</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>RADI_I128105910</td><td>127</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268150425.RADAR</td><td>4280</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I271130425.RADAR</td><td>16413</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I268131923.RADAR</td><td>3412</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>DMI_PADL43_EDZW_I271130423.RADAR</td><td>14115</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>DMI_PADL42_EDZW_I268131925.RADAR</td><td>3595</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>ekxr.01.wrk.241926.buf</td><td>2073</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>ekxr.01.wrk.271206.buf</td><td>23193</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>ekxr.01.wrk.271246.buf</td><td>22808</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>ekxr.01.wrk.271216.buf</td><td>23845</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>ekxr.01.wrk.241406.buf</td><td>2108</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>B106.T00114</td><td>1026648</td></tr>
       <tr><td>12:45:24 21.07.2008</td><td>S106.T12003</td><td>1806736</td></tr>
       </table>
       </html>
       </body>
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