logstats.sh

#!/bin/sh
# super-simple request per minute statistics from an Apache log file
# watch it live, now with JSON output!
# while [ /bin/true ]; do sh logstats.sh ; sleep 60 ; done
#

LOGFILE=/var/log/apache2/access_log
HOUR=`date +%H`
MIN=`date +%M`
MIN=`expr $MIN - 1`
if [ $MIN -lt 0 ]; then
    MIN=59
    HOUR=`expr $HOUR - 1`
    if [ $HOUR -lt 0 ]; then
        HOUR=23
    fi
fi
TIME=$HOUR:$MIN
echo '{'date: \"$TIME\", hits: `grep $TIME: $LOGFILE | wc -l`, load: "[`uptime | awk '{print $10, $11, $12}'`]"'}'