@thomastraynor @nixCraft I once wrote a script to grab a bunch of log files (of various different kinds and versions where the format had changed over time) and data from a database to generate usage reports for an online learning lab environment ... which fed into the billing process. That thing lived on for at least ten years after I had left the company, and probably with only minor changes along the way.
It was intended as a temporary measure, of course, until the devs could design and build a proper reporting and billing feature. Which never happened because the script was close enough.
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