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# 1  
Old 05-14-2010
Help needed with script.
Hi,

Basically I am looking to search for a certain string within a log file. If this string is present then I want to send an output file with the results of this string in it to me by email. If the output file has 0 as it's result the we email a successful backup. Script is below.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
LOG_FILE=/var/adm/messages
export LOG_FILE
OUTPUT_FILE=/tmp/logerrors
export OUTPUT_FILE
cat $LOG_FILE|grep -i error | wc -l >> $OUTPUT_FILE
if [ test $OUTPUT_FILE -gt 0 ];
then
        echo "Subject: BACKUP FAILED" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
   mailx  -s "BACKUP FAILED" johndoe@test.com < $OUTPUT_FILE
else
  mailx  -s "Sucessful RMAN backup" johndoe@test.com
fi



Thanks for your help.Smilie

Sparcman
Last edited by pludi; 05-14-2010 at 07:58 AM.. Reason: code tags are applied on the text between them, not between 2 different tag sets
# 2  
Old 05-14-2010
1) What do you mean by "$OUTPUT_FILE -gt 0" ?
In this way, you are just comparing the value of the variable ( i.e the path of the filename) with zero. which is wrong.
I guess, you want to compare the size of the file.

2) ">>" means you are appending to the file instead creating new file. if there is already existing file with that name, your count may go wrong.

3) [ ] itself used as a test operator. so no need of explicitly use of mentioning test keyword.

4) There is one useless use of cat too.

Try something like:

Code:
LOG_FILE=/var/adm/messages
export LOG_FILE
OUTPUT_FILE=/tmp/logerrors
export OUTPUT_FILE
grep -i error $LOG_FILE| wc -l > $OUTPUT_FILE
if [ -s "$OUTPUT_FILE" ];
then
        echo "Subject: BACKUP FAILED" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
        mailx  -s "BACKUP FAILED" johndoe@test.com < $OUTPUT_FILE
else
        mailx  -s "Sucessful RMAN backup" johndoe@test.com
fi

Last edited by clx; 05-14-2010 at 08:30 AM.. Reason: some formating
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sparcman
# 3  
Old 05-14-2010
MySQL
Thanks Anchal Khare.

That script is now almost doing what I need. Sorry - I should have explained it better. If the value in the output file is 0 then the backup will have been successful as there are no errors. Any value greater than that signifies an error has occured and I need to investigate.

I have recieved a mail which had a value of 0 in it and "Backup Failed" as the subject.

Basically what is to test the value in the output file and if it is equal to 0 then the backup was successful. Anything more than 0 and the backup failed.

grep -i error $LOG_FILE| wc -l > $OUTPUT_FILE
-bash-3.00$ cat $OUTPUT_FILE
0
Subject: BACKUP FAILED ----> This needs to be a successful backup
as there are no errors. Anything
greater than 0 is a backup failure.
Thanks for looking into this for me.

Sparcman.Smilie
# 4  
Old 05-14-2010
another thing you can do is to make the mail more useful is use a "here" document and
insert things using $(command) or `command` like so:

Code:
mailx  -s "BACKUP FAILED" johndoe@test.com <<EOF

we got blah blah blah
================
$(date)
`hostname`
disk usage:
`df`

output file is:
$(cat $OUTFILE)


EOF

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sparcman
# 5  
Old 05-14-2010
Ok, If that is the case, then
Code:
if [ "$(cat $OUTPUT_FILE)" -eq "0" ]; then
 echo 'success'
else
 echo 'failed'
fi

Code:
LOG_FILE=/var/adm/messages
export LOG_FILE
OUTPUT_FILE=/tmp/logerrors
export OUTPUT_FILE
grep -i error $LOG_FILE| wc -l > $OUTPUT_FILE
if [ "$(cat $OUTPUT_FILE)" -eq "0" ];then
        mailx  -s "Sucessful RMAN backup" johndoe@test.com
else
        echo "Subject: BACKUP FAILED" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
        mailx  -s "BACKUP FAILED" johndoe@test.com < $OUTPUT_FILE
fi


even you don't need the output file.
Code:
COUNT=$(grep -i error $LOG_FILE| wc -l )

Now, Do all the comparison based on this variable.
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# 6  
Old 05-14-2010
MySQL
Thanks Anchal Khare. Thats working now! Your help was much appreciated.

SparcmanSmilie
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