On 2/14/07 1:15 PM, Ken Garland deftly typed out:
> I'd advise that both of you stop using cut for these types of tasks.
> Also, going directly to the proc for information when relevant is a
> preferred method. If this was to be executed on a Linux machine you'd
> want to use: awk '{gsub(/\./,"");print$1}' /proc/loadavg
One might argue that using 'uptime' would provide more universally usable
syntax (since 'uptime' is available on both Mac OS and Linux).
> If your uptime changes into more days than you have allowed for then
> your cut script will error. 48 characters is great for the single digit
> days of uptime, but what about when your server gets into triple digits?
> Taking directly from the proc and using the correct columns is the way
> to go.
Certainly I would agree that one should not use specific character position,
but rather use field number and delimiter:
uptime | cut -d " " -f 10
-Remo Del Bello
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