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diff --git a/doc/querylanguage.md b/doc/querylanguage.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9f38f5e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/querylanguage.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +DTail Query Language +==================== + +The query language allows you to run mapreduce queries on log files. This page intends to be a reference to the language. + +## Prerequisites + +For this to work, DTail needs to understand your log format. DTail already understands its own log format. You can have a look at all examples of the [examples](./examples.md) page using `-query` (these would be all examples of the `dmap` command, and some examples using the `dtail` command). + +DTail also ships with a generic log format, which only allows you to run very basic queries. Check out the [log formats](./logformats.md) documentation for this. + +To implement your own log format, please also check out the [log formats](./logformats.md) documentation. + +## The complete language + +``` +TODO: Add EBNF +``` |