Why you need it
Syslog is the first place you look when something goes wrong. In a busy server or a home lab, the same message can appear thousands of times a day. Knowing which lines dominate the log helps spot misconfigurations, repeated failures, or malicious activity that repeats silently. A quick frequency count is a low‑overhead sanity check that can turn a noisy log into a focused list of suspects.
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