#8852 - ldap sync output filter

edit.sh

 #!/bin/sh
-#####################################################################
-#####################################################################
-##   The cause of this script is to make the output of the LDAP    ##
-##   sync cron job more readable by filtering all repeated lines   ##
-#####################################################################
-#####################################################################
 
-last_updated=""
+# Filter out uninformative output lines from the ldap-sync cron job script
 
-while IFS= read -r line; do
-  if echo "$line" | grep -q "Updating" ||
-     echo "$line" | grep -q "Creating"
-  then
-    last_updated="$line"
-  fi
+last_action=""
 
-  if echo "$line" | grep -q -v "Updating" &&
-     echo "$line" | grep -q -v "Creating" &&
-     echo "$line" | grep -q -v "Found" &&
-     echo "$line" | grep -q -v "#" &&
-     echo "$line" | grep -q -v "Synchronizing" &&
-     echo "$line" | grep -q -v -F -e "->"
-  then
-    echo $line
-  fi
+while read line; do
+  case "$line" in
+    *-\>*)
+      if [ ! -z "$last_action" ]
+      then
+        echo "$last_action"
+      fi
 
-  if echo "$line" | grep -q -F -e "->"
-  then
-    echo $last_updated
-    echo $line
-  fi
+      echo "$line"
+      last_action=""
+      ;;
+    --\ Found\ *\ users* | \
+    \#* | \
+    *Synchronizing\ *\ groups* | \
+    \*\*\ Synchronizing\ *\ users* | \
+    --\ Updating\ user\ \'*\'?\(*\)* | \
+    --\ Updating\ group\ \'*\'* | \
+    --\ Creating\ user\ \'*\'?\(*\)* | \
+    --\ Creating\ group\ \'*\'*)
+      last_action="$line"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "$line"
+      ;;
+  esac
 done