It doesn't, but nothing is universal like `grep`. If you find a machine that's logging stuff which doesn't have `grep`, you're already having a bad day.
You just can't say that about binary log formats. Text is a lowest common denominator; and yes, that cuts both ways, but the advantages of universality can't be trivially thrown away.
You just can't say that about binary log formats. Text is a lowest common denominator; and yes, that cuts both ways, but the advantages of universality can't be trivially thrown away.