diff --git a/nlog b/nlog
index 01cd60b..72406bf 100755
--- a/nlog
+++ b/nlog
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ host=""
 service=""
 state=""
 severity=""
+raw=""
 num=""
 # These two need to be regexp wildcards to match everything when nothing is specified
 aSource="(HOST|SERVICE)"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ Usage:
 	--notime don't convert timestamp to human time
 	-c|--constant) the equivalent of a tail -f on the Nagios log file
 	--file <file[s]>) scan <file[s]> instead of $files; use "..." if wildcards
+	--raw Just print the raw file but convert time stamps to human readable form
 	-v turn on verbose/debug mode
 
 All input is evaluated as a case-insensitive regexp surrounded by wildcards.
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ while [ -n "$1" ]; do
     --crit|--critical) state="CRITICAL"; shift 1;;
     --hard) severity="HARD"; shift 1;;
     --soft) severity="SOFT"; shift 1;;
+    --raw) raw="true"; shift 1;;
     --sev|--severity) severity="$2"; shift 2;;
     -Q) severity="HARD"; state="CRITICAL"; shift 1;;
     -n|--num) num="$2"; shift 2;;
@@ -116,9 +119,11 @@ fi
 timeSub=""
 [ -z "$noTime" ] && timeSub="&& sub (/^\[[0-9]{10}]/, strftime (\"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S\", substr (\$1, 2, 10)), \$1)"
 
+awkString="/^\[[0-9]{10}] (GLOBAL |CURRENT )?$aSource (DOWNTIME |FLAPPING )?$aType: .*$host.*$service/"
+[ -n "$raw" ] && awkString="/./"
 do_debug "host=$host"
 do_debug "service=$service"
-do_debug "awk=^\[[0-9]{10}] (GLOBAL |CURRENT )?$aSource (DOWNTIME |FLAPPING )?$aType: .*$host.*$service"
+do_debug "awk=$awkString"
 do_debug "state=$state"
 do_debug "severity=$severity"
 do_debug "num=$num"
@@ -128,9 +133,18 @@ do_debug "num=$num"
 # $(NF-2) = HARD/SOFT
 # $(NF-3) = UP/DOWN/UNREACHABLE/OK/WARNING/CRITICAL/etc
 
-tail -n +1 $tailMode $files | gawk -F\; "\
+if [ -n "$raw" ]; then
+  tail -n +1 $tailMode $files | gawk -F\; "\
+        $awkString \
+        $timeSel \
+        $timeSub \
+        {
+          print
+        }"
+else
+  tail -n +1 $tailMode $files | gawk -F\; "\
 	BEGIN {IGNORECASE=1} \
-	/^\[[0-9]{10}] (GLOBAL |CURRENT )?$aSource (DOWNTIME |FLAPPING )?$aType: .*$host.*$service/ \
+	$awkString \
 	&& \$(NF-3)~/$state/ \
 	&& \$(NF-2)~/$severity/ \
 	&& \$(NF-1)~/$num/ \
@@ -146,4 +160,5 @@ tail -n +1 $tailMode $files | gawk -F\; "\
 	  sub(/HARD/, \"\x1b[35mHARD\x1b[0m\", \$(NF-2))
 	  sub(/SOFT/, \"\x1b[36mSOFT\x1b[0m\", \$(NF-2))
 	  printf \"%s: %s;%s;%s;%s;%s\n\", \$1, \$2, \$3, \$4, \$5, \$6
-}"
+	}"
+fi