Download details: Log Parser 2.2

Download details: Log Parser 2.2

"Log parser is a powerful, versatile tool that provides universal query access to text-based data such as log files, XML files and CSV files, as well as key data sources on the Windows operating system such as the Event Log, the Registry, the file system, and Active Directory. You tell Log Parser what information you need and how you want it processed. The results of your query can be custom-formatted in text based output, or they can be persisted to more specialty targets like SQL, SYSLOG, or a chart.

Most software is designed to accomplish a limited number of specific tasks. Log Parser is different... the number of ways it can be used is limited only by the needs and imagination of the user. The world is your database with Log Parser."

LogParser is a pretty cool tool. One of those utilities you might not need every day, but when you need it you really need it... It also has a COM API, which I find cool. The download includes not only the EXE/DLL but samples and nice a help/chm. AND you can plug in your own input formats...

You'll also want to check out, http://www.logparser.com/, The Unofficial Log Parser Support Site.

This is one of the more under utilized MS utilities...

(via Paul Schaeflein's SharePoint Experience - Log Parser v2.2)