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 # lynis_report
 Manageable report from lynix text output.
+
+==Help Statement
+* HTML out features (default)
+* Excel out features
+
+==TODO:
+* Other output formats?
diff --git a/lynis_report.pl b/lynis_report.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Term::ANSIColor;
+use Getopt::Long qw( :config no_ignore_case bundling );
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+my ($help,$verbose,$excel);
+GetOptions(
+	'h|help'		=>	\$help,
+	'v|verbose+'	=>	\$verbose,
+	'E|excel'		=>	\$excel,
+);
+
+my $lynis_log = '/var/log/lynis.log';
+my $lynis_report = '/var/log/lynis-report.dat';
+my $audit_run = 0;									#assume false
+if ( -e $lynis_log and ! -z $lynis_log ) {
+	print colored("Found lynis output log. \n", "cyan") if ($verbose);
+	$audit_run++;
+}
+if ( -e $lynis_report and ! -z $lynis_report ) {
+	print colored("Found lynis report. \n", "cyan") if ($verbose);
+	$audit_run++;
+}
+
+if ($audit_run) and ($audit_run >= 1) {
+	print "Looks like the audit has been run. \n";
+} else {
+	print colored("Couldn't find one or more of the lynis output files.  Try running the audit again. \n", "bold red");
+}