Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

What is the easiest way to create a chart, pie or any graphic representation from log files dynamically?

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Re: Graphic Chart
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jun 25, 2002 at 16:31 UTC
    That seems like an overly broad question. In general, you'd be using GD or maybe Image::Magick - however, there's already a lot of sophisticated log analyzing software out there. Check out Webalizer.

    Makeshifts last the longest.

Re: Graphic Chart
by kvale (Monsignor) on Jun 25, 2002 at 16:33 UTC
    Easiest is a matter of taste, but within perl, GD::Graph is an easy way to create graphs.

    -Mark