import os
import re
import subprocess

# Define the process name or PID to search for
process_name = "my_process_name"

# Get the current date and time for use in the log file name
date = subprocess.check_output("date +%Y-%m-%d", shell=True).decode("utf-8").strip()
time = subprocess.check_output("date +%H:%M:%S", shell=True).decode("utf-8").strip()

# Create a new log file to store the filtered log entries
with open(f"/var/log/my_filtered_log_{date}_{time}.log", "w") as filtered_log:
    # Open the system log file
    with open("/var/log/system.log", "r") as system_log:
        # Iterate over the lines in the system log file
        for line in system_log:
            # Check if the line contains the process name or PID
            if process_name in line:
                # Skip the line and continue to the next one
                continue

            # Write the line to the filtered log file
            filtered_log.write(line)

# Delete the original system log file
os.remove("/var/log/system.log")

# Move the filtered log file to the system log file location
os.rename(f"/var/log/my_filtered_log_{date}_{time}.log", "/var/log/system.log")

import os
import re

# Define the process name or PID to search for
process_name_or_pid = "my_process"

# Get the paths to all macOS log files
log_files = []
for root, dirs, files in os.walk("/var/log"):
    for file in files:
        if file.endswith(".log"):
            log_files.append(os.path.join(root, file))

# Iterate over the log files and search for matching events
for log_file in log_files:
    with open(log_file, "r") as f:
        lines = f.readlines()

    # Create a regular expression to match the process name or PID
    pattern = re.compile(r".*{}.*".format(process_name_or_pid))

    # Find all matching lines
    matching_lines = [line for line in lines if pattern.match(line)]

    # Delete the matching lines from the log file
    with open(log_file, "w") as f:
        f.writelines([line for line in lines if line not in matching_lines])

print("Log entries related to {} have been deleted.".format(process_name_or_pid))

import subprocess
import sys

def search_and_delete_log_entries(process_name_or_pid):
    """
    Searches macOS log files for events that relate to a specific process name or PID and then deletes those entries.

    Args:
        process_name_or_pid (str): The name or PID of the process to search for.
    """

    # Search for log entries that relate to the specified process.
    log_entries = subprocess.check_output(["log", "show", "--predicate", f'process == "{process_name_or_pid}"']).decode("utf-8")

    # Parse the log entries to extract the event identifiers.
    event_identifiers = [line.split(" ")[0] for line in log_entries.split("\n") if line]

    # Delete the log entries.
    for event_identifier in event_identifiers:
        subprocess.call(["log", "delete", event_identifier])

def main():
    """
    Gets the process name or PID from the command line and calls the search_and_delete_log_entries function.
    """

    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        print("Usage: python3 search_and_delete_log_entries.py <process_name_or_pid>")
        sys.exit(1)

    process_name_or_pid = sys.argv[1]

    search_and_delete_log_entries(process_name_or_pid)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

import os
import subprocess
import sys

# Get the process name or PID to search for
search_term = input("Enter the process name or PID to search for: ")

# Get the system log file
log_file = '/var/log/system.log'

# Search the log file for the specified process
with open(log_file, 'r') as f:
    log_data = f.readlines()

# Find all lines that match the search term
matching_lines = [line for line in log_data if search_term in line]

# Delete the matching lines from the log file
with open(log_file, 'w') as f:
    f.writelines([line for line in log_data if line not in matching_lines])

# Print a message to indicate the deletion
print("Matching log entries have been deleted.")

import os
import subprocess

# Get the process name or PID
process = input("Enter the process name or PID: ")

# Search the macOS log files for entries related to the process
log_files = ["/var/log/system.log", "/var/log/syslog"]
entries_to_delete = []
for log_file in log_files:
    with open(log_file, "r") as f:
        for line in f:
            if process in line:
                entries_to_delete.append(line)

# Delete the log entries
for entry in entries_to_delete:
    subprocess.run(["sudo", "log", "delete", entry])

# Print a confirmation message
print("The log entries have been deleted.")