Sending an e-mail if lsof count exceeds a certain value.

threezerous · 10-03-2011, 08:04 AM

I am trying to write a cronjob which runs every 5 minutes so that when the count exceeds a certain number, I get an e-mail.

So far I have managed to write the cronjob so that it sends an e-mail with the count of lsof.

*/5 * * * * /usr/sbin/lsof -p 7642 2>&1 > /root/lsof_output.txt;less lsof_output.txt | wc -l > lsof_count.txt; /bin/mailx -s "lsof count for process" <e-mail id> < /root/lsof_count.txt

However, I am not sure how to add an if statement and run the mail command only if the count exceeds 1000.

Any suggestions/ideas are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Nylex · 10-03-2011, 09:23 AM

Write a script with your commands in and then get cron to run the script, e.g.

Code:

#!/bin/bash

lines=$(cat file | wc -l | awk '{print $1}')

if [ "$lines" -gt 10 ]
then
  echo "There are more than 10 lines in the file!"
fi

Suppose the script was called "linecount.sh", I'd make it executable with

Code:

chmod +x linecount.sh

and then in my crontab, I'd give the full path to it (e.g. if it resided in my home directory, I'd use /home/me/linecount.sh).

You might want to look at the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide.

Also, I'd remove your email address from your post, as you'll just open yourself up to being spammed.