#!/usr/bin/awk -f # Convert the "svn log" output into a one liner format, which is easier to grep # or use in scripts. Pipe "svn log" into this script # When we get a line that starts with a revision number, put the data in variables /^r[0-9]+/ { rev=$1 user=$3 date=$5 time=$6 lines=13 } # Anything that isn't a revision line, a separator line or an empty line # will be part of the commit message. Concatenate these into the comment variable ! (/^r[0-9+]/ || /^-+$/ || /^$/) { comment = comment $0 } # With every separator line, output what we stored before and reset the comment variable # To skip the first line we also check if we've already stored a revision /^-+$/ && rev { print rev " | " user " | " date " | " time " | " comment comment = "" }