today=`date +"%b %d"`
yesterday=`TZ=+24 date +"%b %d"`
awk '{ a[NR]=$0} END{ for(i=NR;i>0;i--) print a[i] }' /var/ftp.log |\
awk 'BEGIN {FS="\]:"; today='\""$today"\"'; yesterday='\""$yesterday"\"'} \
$0 !~ today && $0 !~ yesterday {exit}; {print $0}' |\
awk '{ a[NR]=$0} END{ for(i=NR;i>0;i--) print a[i] }'