root@starchild:/tmp# cat fwlogsearch2.sh#!/bin/bash# Searches FW logs on Linode, which are contained in /var/log/messages* files function search { local ip #ip is local to the function echo "Searching... " echo " " grep "$ip" /var/log/messages* #cat /var/log/messages* | grep $ip wordcount=`grep -c "$ip" /var/log/messages*` #wordcount=`cat /var/log/messages* | grep $ip | wc -l` echo "The number of instances this IP shows in the logs is $wordcount " }echo "Type in a number to search."read numbervalue_returned=$(search $number)echo "$value_returned"