Nginx Access Log Analyzer Shell Script

This shell script analyzes an Nginx access log file and provides insightful statistics about your web traffic.

📄 Sample Nginx Access Log Fields

Each line in the access log typically contains:

• IP Address
• Date and Time
• Request Method and Path
• Response Status Code
• Response Size
• Referrer
• User Agent

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🔍 Script Functionality

The script processes the log file and displays:

1. Top 5 IP addresses with the most requests
2. Top 5 most requested paths
3. Top 5 response status codes
4. Top 5 user agents

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🚀 How It Works

• Reads the log file line by line
• Extracts relevant fields using tools like awk, uniq, or sort
• Sorts and counts occurrences
• Displays the top 5 results for each category in a user-friendly format

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💡 Sample Output

Top 5 IP addresses with the most requests:
192.168.1.10 - 120 requests
203.0.113.5 - 98 requests
...

Top 5 most requested paths:
/v1-list-workspaces - 127 requests
/v1-list-timezone-teams - 75 requests
...

Top 5 response status codes:
200 - 300 times
404 - 25 times
...