Hi, below a code snippet that checks filesize and reports on this.

ls -Ll /${FILE} | awk '{ if($5 < 1610612736)
print $9,"Less than 1.5 Gbytes",$5 ;
else print $9,"GREATER than 1.5 Gbytes - ",$5 }'
} > result.txt

How can I log the output and set a parameter if size > 1.5Gb, so I can
take further action in the script.
Mail a warning.

I've been playing around, but just can grasp awk.

ty.

one of the simplest ways:
VAR=`your awk command shown below `
parse ${VAR} as needed
---Arjun
relikwie wrote:
> Hi, below a code snippet that checks filesize and reports on this.
>
> ls -Ll /${FILE} | awk '{ if($5 < 1610612736)
> print $9,"Less than 1.5 Gbytes",$5 ;
> else print $9,"GREATER than 1.5 Gbytes - ",$5 }'
> } > result.txt
>
> How can I log the output and set a parameter if size > 1.5Gb, so I can
> take further action in the script.
> Mail a warning.
>
> I've been playing around, but just can grasp awk.
>
> ty.

2006-11-5, 09:06(-08), relikwie:
> Hi, below a code snippet that checks filesize and reports on this.
>
> ls -Ll /${FILE} | awk '{ if($5 < 1610612736)
> print $9,"Less than 1.5 Gbytes",$5 ;
> else print $9,"GREATER than 1.5 Gbytes - ",$5 }'
> } > result.txt
>
> How can I log the output and set a parameter if size > 1.5Gb, so I can
> take further action in the script.
> Mail a warning.
[...]


Let awk's exit status reflect whether the condition is met or
not:

if
ls -dLl "/${FILE}" | awk '
{
if ($5 < 1.5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) {
print $9,"Less than 1.5 Gbytes",$5 ;
exit(0)
} else {
print $9,"GREATER than 1.5 Gbytes - ",$5
exit(1)
}
}' > result.txt
then
action if less than 1.5 GB
else
action if at least 1.5 GB
fi

--
Stéphane

relikwie wrote:

> Hi, below a code snippet that checks filesize and reports on this.
>
> ls -Ll /${FILE} | awk '{ if($5 < 1610612736)
> print $9,"Less than 1.5 Gbytes",$5 ;
> else print $9,"GREATER than 1.5 Gbytes - ",$5 }'
> } > result.txt

ITYM:

ls -Ll "/${FILE}" |
awk '{ print $9,($5 < 1610612736 ? "Less" : "GREATER") " than 1.5
Gbytes",$5}' > result.txt

> How can I log the output and set a parameter if size > 1.5Gb, so I can
> take further action in the script.

Do you really mean "parameter" or do you mean "variable"?

> Mail a warning.

You've got shell calling awk and you're now saying you want to have awk
calling shell to send email, i.e. shell->awk->shell. You might as well
just stay in shell if that comparison is all you're doing. If you're
doing something else, let us know...

Ed.

2006-11-05, 11:48(-06), Ed Morton:
[...]
>> How can I log the output and set a parameter if size > 1.5Gb, so I can
>> take further action in the script.
>
> Do you really mean "parameter" or do you mean "variable"?

A variable is a special kind of parameter in the terminology
used by most shell manuals.

$? would be a parameter but not a variable for instance.

The solution I gave sets $?, another poster suggested to use a
variable $VAR to collect awk's output.

--
Stéphane

Stephane CHAZELAS wrote:
> 2006-11-05, 11:48(-06), Ed Morton:
> [...]
>
>>>How can I log the output and set a parameter if size > 1.5Gb, so I can
>>>take further action in the script.
>>
>>Do you really mean "parameter" or do you mean "variable"?
>
>
> A variable is a special kind of parameter in the terminology
> used by most shell manuals.

Right, so did the OP mean "on invoking awk, set a parameter to indicate
the size to be tested" or "inside awk, set a variable after the test to
be used in further processing"? The answer to my question would tell us.

> $? would be a parameter but not a variable for instance.
>
> The solution I gave sets $?, another poster suggested to use a
> variable $VAR to collect awk's output.

Right, and I suspect neither of those answers the OPs actual question.

Ed.

On 2006-11-05, relikwie wrote:
> Hi, below a code snippet that checks filesize and reports on this.
>
> ls -Ll /${FILE} | awk '{ if($5 < 1610612736)
> print $9,"Less than 1.5 Gbytes",$5 ;
> else print $9,"GREATER than 1.5 Gbytes - ",$5 }'
> } > result.txt
>
> How can I log the output and set a parameter if size > 1.5Gb, so I can
> take further action in the script.

Why use awk?

set -- $( ls -Ll "/${FILE}" ) ## Do you really want the slash?
size=$5
if [ $size -lt 1610612736 ]
then
printf "%s: %d\n" "Less than 1.5 Gbytes" "$size"
true
else
printf "%s: %d\n" "Greater than or equal to 1.5 Gbytes" "$size"
false
fi > result.txt

Now you can check $? for success or failure.

> Mail a warning.
>
> I've been playing around, but just can grasp awk.
>
> ty.
>


--
Chris F.A. Johnson, author <http://cfaj.freeshell.org/shell>
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
===== My code in this post, if any, assumes the POSIX locale
===== and is released under the GNU General Public Licence

Stephane CHAZELAS schreef:

> 2006-11-5, 09:06(-08), relikwie:
> > Hi, below a code snippet that checks filesize and reports on this.
> >
> > ls -Ll /${FILE} | awk '{ if($5 < 1610612736)
> > print $9,"Less than 1.5 Gbytes",$5 ;
> > else print $9,"GREATER than 1.5 Gbytes - ",$5 }'
> > } > result.txt
> >
> > How can I log the output and set a parameter if size > 1.5Gb, so I can
> > take further action in the script.
> > Mail a warning.
> [...]
>
>
> Let awk's exit status reflect whether the condition is met or
> not:
>
> if
> ls -dLl "/${FILE}" | awk '
> {
> if ($5 < 1.5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) {
> print $9,"Less than 1.5 Gbytes",$5 ;
> exit(0)
> } else {
> print $9,"GREATER than 1.5 Gbytes - ",$5
> exit(1)
> }
> }' > result.txt
> then
> action if less than 1.5 GB
> else
> action if at least 1.5 GB
> fi

Stephane, thanks! Worked like a charm.

If I look at your adjustments, I also could have done it like this?:

ls -Ll /${FILE} | awk '{ if($5 < 1610612736)
print $9,"Less than 1.5 Gbytes",$5 ;
exit(0)
else print $9,"GREATER than 1.5 Gbytes - ",$5 }'
exit(1)
} > result.txt

if [[ $? -gt 0 ]]; then GREATER; warn; fi

anyhow envy you guys :|

ty.