Can't tweak Knoppix 7.4 LiveUSB system files in /etc/

[utu]

Greetings, Werner, and thanks.

Using Knoppix 7.2 and previous versions of Knoppix, I created a
few useful utility functions to time (or count) things relative to time at boot
using syslog. Each syslog line entry begins with a character group
formatted similar to a date function response formatted in
hours, minutes and seconds since the time syslog started at boot.
For examples:

# Parts of my ~/.bashrc in Knoppix 7.2:

alias 'Syslog=less /var/log/syslog'      # requires syslog

at.Start(){ # echo time at Start (requires Syslog)
echo -e "at Start:   \c"; Syslog | grep restart | awk '{ print $3 }'
}

Boot.Time(){ # Seconds to browser on-line (requires Syslog)
echo -e "Online at:  \c"; Syslog | grep avahi   | awk '{ print $3 }' 
at.Start
}

Disconnects() { # Wifi disconnects since boot (requires Syslog)
echo -e "Time now:   \c"; date | awk '{ print $4 }' 
at.Start
echo -e "Wifi disconnects:  \c"; Syslog | grep -c disconnecting
}

What does a typical anacron or cron print-out (or line of output) look like?
Can you give us a Screenshot?