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Revision as of 22:41, 1 July 2021
```
- !/bin/bash
- Log Rotate
- create a copy and clear the current log file
cp -a /var/log/fail2ban.log /var/log/fail2ban.log.tmp && echo "" | tee /var/log/fail2ban.log
- compress the copy with datestamp in the title for log retention
tar cfj /var/log/fail2ban_log_$(date +"%Y%m%d").tar.bz2 /var/log/fail2ban.log.tmp
- remove intermediate copy
rm /var/log/fail2ban.log.tmp ```
