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# Petit

**URL:** https://crunchtools.com/software/petit/
Date: 2010-05-03
Author: kuroda
Post Type: page
Summary: petit is a command-line log analyzer for developers and systems administrators. It matches repetitive strings in a log (logins, cron runs, health checks, etc) and counts them. This separates the signal from the noise, leaving a short, easy read. The unusual lines stand out. It also has a whole host of other functions which makeContinue Reading "Petit" →
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![petit: a brass log press turning a long column of log text into a short slip](https://crunchtools.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/gemini_gen_20260927_011911_8138c39b-300x300.png)

petit is a command-line log analyzer for developers and systems administrators. It matches repetitive strings in a log (logins, cron runs, health checks, etc) and counts them. This separates the signal from the noise, leaving a short, easy read. The unusual lines stand out. It also has a whole host of other functions which make working with logs more convenient (Graphs, Word Counts, etc). Petit digests many different text formats, and it auto-selects the correct drivers (syslog, journalctl, Apache, Snort, application logs with stack traces, JSON, email). And, it has been doing all of this since 2009.

Documentation, install instructions, source code and issues all live on GitHub: [github.com/crunchtools/petit](https://github.com/crunchtools/petit).

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