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Old 10-18-2005, 06:23 PM   #1
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Simple Bash function


I'm gathering some data from a few machines that I have named box1, box2, box3, etc. I want to automate this, but I'm not a good scripter... yet...

How to I tell my script to increment the computer name by one number in the command line?


declare -i COMPUTERNUMBER=1

# List Files in /tmp

printf "%s" box"$COMPUTERNUMBER"
ssh box"$COMPUTERNUBER" ls -al /tmp/ | awk '{print $9, $5}'


As you can see I'm telling my script that $COMPUTERNUMBER is equal to 1 and added "box" makes "box1." What I want to do is add "$COMPUTERNUMBER + 1", and loop until it reaches a certain amount of computers? So I have 10 computers (1-10) named exactly the same except for the last number and I want to list what is under each /tmp directory and only print columns 9 and 5. I'm I way off here?

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by mijohnst; 10-18-2005 at 06:26 PM.
 
Old 10-18-2005, 06:37 PM   #2
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Assuming bash:
Code:
COUNT=1
while [ $COUNT -le 10 ]; do
	echo box$COUNT   # or ssh box$COUNT ls -la ..
	COUNT=$(($COUNT+1))
done
or:
Code:
for COUNT in $(seq 1 10); do
	echo box$COUNT   # or ssh box$COUNT ls -la ..
done
 
Old 10-18-2005, 11:35 PM   #3
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Quote:
Originally posted by Hko
Assuming bash:
Code:
COUNT=1
while [ $COUNT -le 10 ]; do
	echo box$COUNT   # or ssh box$COUNT ls -la ..
	COUNT=$(($COUNT+1))
done
or:
Code:
for COUNT in $(seq 1 10); do
	echo box$COUNT   # or ssh box$COUNT ls -la ..
done
In bash

Code:
let count=1
while [ $count -lt 11 ] ; do
    echo ....
     let count++
done
The "let" bash command is there to allow simpler usage of math expressions.


For more help on "let" type "help let" from the bash prompt.

The help for bash commands is found via "help cmd" while help for external commands to the shell is found via "man cmd" and sometimes via "info cmd".
 
Old 10-19-2005, 11:01 AM   #4
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You guys are awesome... Thanks so much!

What would you recommend as a good tutoral on using bash for admin purposes? I know there are a lot out there, I just want to see what you all think. Thanks again!
 
Old 10-19-2005, 11:05 AM   #5
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Originally posted by alf55
The "let" bash command is there to allow simpler usage of math expressions.
I didn't know that. THX.
 
Old 10-19-2005, 11:07 AM   #6
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Quote:
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What would you recommend as a good tutoral on using bash for admin purposes?
http://www.tldp.org/guides.html#abs
 
Old 10-19-2005, 12:12 PM   #7
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I'm using the 'while' that you suggested and it's working great for listing the directories! Now if I want to recognize a pattern in the file size and run a command on it, can I add an "if" statement in the while loop? So I guess what I want to do is look at the file size and delete it if it equals a certain size. Do I need to make the $5 in my awk command a variable?


declare COUNT=1

while [ $COUNT -le 32 ]; do
echo "n""$COUNT"
ssh n"$COUNT" ls -al /tmp/*.txt | awk '{print $9, $5}'\
if [[ $5 = 4106 ]] ; then # Look for file size of 4106k
echo "Deleting $9"
fi
COUNT=$(($COUNT+1))
done


I guess my problem is that when I put $5 looks for a variable and not the $5 in my awk command. I know I'm doing this wrong. I need to take a class because I'm a
 
Old 10-19-2005, 05:55 PM   #8
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Thanks to you all, I've got my script doing almost what I want it to do. I'm telling it to ssh to a machine, list a directory, grep for a file size and awk out a command.



while [ $COUNT -le 3 ]; do
echo ""
echo n"$COUNT"
ssh n"$COUNT" ls -al /tmp/test* | grep 4106 | awk '{print "cp",$9," /tmp/junk"}' | bash
COUNT=$(($COUNT+1))
done


My only problem now is that it's moving the file into the "/tmp/junk" directory on the machine I'm running the script from instead of where it's collecting the data. How do I force it to use the "/tmp/junk" on the computer that the data is being gathered from? This has actually been pretty fun. Thanks for the help!
 
Old 10-20-2005, 02:10 PM   #9
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Quote:
ls -al /tmp/test* | grep 4106 | awk '{print "cp",$9," /tmp/junk"
Wtf is this supposed to do?

Using 'ls -al | ...' to retrieve data about a file is pointless (though many people do it, and not just newbies).

Use the stat command, e.g.

Code:
stat -c "%s %n" /bin/bash
will print the size and name of /bin/bash. See man stat for other % parameters available.

Quote:
My only problem now is that it's moving the file into the "/tmp/junk" directory on the machine I'm running the script from instead of where it's collecting the data. How do I force it to use the "/tmp/junk" on the computer that the data is being gathered from? This has actually been pretty fun. Thanks for the help!
Well, it would do. The | is interpreted by your shell and therefore is being run on your local machine, not the box you're ssh'ing to. Try quoting the whole thing.
 
Old 10-20-2005, 02:27 PM   #10
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Thanks ioerror! Yes, I'm a newbie... But I learn more by the day. Thanks for the input!
 
Old 10-20-2005, 04:26 PM   #11
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Yet one more way to count in Bash.

for (( num=1; num<10; num++ )); do
COMPUTERNAME=box$num
...
done
 
Old 10-22-2005, 08:40 AM   #12
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Bear in mind that stat() is not a command that's available on other UNIX systems so if you want your script to run on other systems than Linux, ls is the way to go.
 
Old 10-22-2005, 08:45 AM   #13
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Quote:
Originally posted by mijohnst
Thanks to you all, I've got my script doing almost what I want it to do. I'm telling it to ssh to a machine, list a directory, grep for a file size and awk out a command.



while [ $COUNT -le 3 ]; do
echo ""
echo n"$COUNT"
ssh n"$COUNT" ls -al /tmp/test* | grep 4106 | awk '{print "cp",$9," /tmp/junk"}' | bash
COUNT=$(($COUNT+1))
done


My only problem now is that it's moving the file into the "/tmp/junk" directory on the machine I'm running the script from instead of where it's collecting the data. How do I force it to use the "/tmp/junk" on the computer that the data is being gathered from? This has actually been pretty fun. Thanks for the help!
You need to hide the pipes from your shell:
Code:
ssh n"$COUNT" ls -al /tmp/test* \| grep 4106 \| awk '{print "cp",$9," /tmp/junk"}'
I haven't tested this; normally I'd just put the whole pipeline in quotes, but I'll leave you to work out the details of getting the quoting to work.
 
Old 10-23-2005, 12:40 PM   #14
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Thanks eddiebaby1023 for looking at this... I'm going to play more with this as a way to just learn what I'm doing. Hiding the pipes is something I hadnt' though of. Thanks!
 
  


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