Checkmk Werk 13826: logwatch plugin - Add the option to filter out consecutive duplicate lines

ID: 13826 Title: logwatch plugin - Add the option to filter out consecutive duplicate lines Component: Checks & agents Level: 1 Class: New feature Version: 2.2.0i1 This werk extends the logwatch agent plugin with an option to filter out consecutive duplicate messages in the agent output. If the option is enabled, identical consecutive messages will be filtered out. As soon as a different message comes in between, the filter will be reset. Example: Without filtering: Message_Itself Message_Itself Message_Itself Message_Again With filtering: Message_Itself [the above message was repeated 2 times] Message_Again