I need a UNIX script. Right now I do this:

grep VARIABLE access_log > NEWFILE
vi NEWFILE
in vi I use this command :1,$s/VARIABLE //g
then I save the NEWFILE
and I
gzip NEWFILE

I want this done automatically. So a script like this:
>SCRIPT VARIABLE

that will output a NEWFILE with the filename in this format

www.DATE.TIME.VARIABLE

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Request for Question Clarification by maniac-ga on 05 Nov 2004 13:35 PST

Hello Questioner1234,

The two line script suggested by Padmapani will work assuming you make
it executable. If that is adequate, I suggest you close the question.
If you need something more, please explain what is needed beyond the
solution already provided.

[I can suggest some minor changes based on my experience if necessary]

  --Maniac

Its can be done in one line as :

grep VARIABLE snmpd.log | sed 's/VARIABLE//g' | gzip  > newfile.gzip

It can be wrapped in your fave shel/Perl/etc..

One caveat though.If you are using a shell script you need to enclose
sed arguments in double quotes to evaluate the argument variable.Here
is the actual script that is wrapper on the script.

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#/usr/bin/sh
grep $1 access_log | sed "s/$1//g"|gzip  > new.gz
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