hi

how can i read a file using the unix script and check for one or more field value for a predefined status/value

for example : the file contains the following text


Name IP Address/Mask Type Connection Status

mgmt-eth0(1) 10.7.225.5/24 mgmt Ethernet Up

lo1(1) 127.0.0.1/8 mgmt Loopback Up

i need to check the status column value whether it is Up. if its not it has to be logged in a separate file.

thanks

for line in `cat $file`
do
statusfield=`echo $line | tr -s " " | cut -d " " -f5`
if [ $statusfield = "up" ]
then
echo " system is up"
else 
----

fi
done

I'm sorry, but that's pretty tortured.

awk 'NR==1 || $5 == "Up" { next; } { print }' file