# Is there a way to use "bro-cut -d" automatically during log parsing?

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-bro-cut-d-automatically-during-log-parsing/4302>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [August 12, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-bro-cut-d-automatically-during-log-parsing/4302 "2016-08-12T15:54:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dave\_Florek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@Dave\_Florek](https://community.zeek.org/u/Dave_Florek)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-bro-cut-d-automatically-during-log-parsing/4302/1 "2016-08-12T15:54:18Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to use “bro-cut -d” automatically during log parsing so when I open the Bro Logs, they’re all in EST instead of Epoch?

Thanks in advance,

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Thayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@Daniel\_Thayer](https://community.zeek.org/u/Daniel_Thayer)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-bro-cut-d-automatically-during-log-parsing/4302/2 "2016-08-12T17:34:33Z")

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You could create a shell script wrapper that contains this:  
bro-cut -d "$@"

And then just use that script instead of bro-cut.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Florek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@Dave\_Florek](https://community.zeek.org/u/Dave_Florek)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-bro-cut-d-automatically-during-log-parsing/4302/3 "2016-08-12T19:14:51Z")

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Thank you,

I’ll take a look at this.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-use-bro-cut-d-automatically-during-log-parsing/4302/4 "2022-05-06T15:43:57Z")

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