using awk remotely

hcclnoodles · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008

Hi there

I am trying to add up the disk space used on a remote linux box but am falling at the first hurdle i.e isolating the 'space used' column with df -k on the remote box

if i run this, i get the df -k output as expected

Code:

# rsh remote-server 'df -k|grep sd|grep -v boot' 
/dev/sda3              8254272   1672956   6162020  22% /
/dev/sdb4            140258988  13405152 119729012  11% /data
/dev/sda4            123648020     32828 117334180   1% /data1

which is fine, however I want to isolate the third column, so that i can add use some additional logic to add the values to give me a total space used by that box

so i tried

Code:

# rsh remote-server 'df -k|grep sd|grep -v boot|awk {print $3} '
awk: cmd. line:2: (END OF FILE)
awk: cmd. line:2: parse error

I tried using cut, but setting the delimiter to " " (ie space) it messes up all the columns

does anybody have any idea how i can get around this ?

any help would be great

avronius · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008

try this:

Code:

rsh remote-server "df -k | grep sd | grep -v boot | awk '{print $3}'"

rubin · #3 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008

Or maybe this might help,

Code:

rsh remote-server <<'EOF'

   df -k | awk '/sd/ && !/boot/ { print $3 }'

EOF

... And awk has its own search capabilities.

vidyadhar85 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008

yea awk has its own search capability but grep is much faster than awk..
this is my personal experience

hcclnoodles · #5 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008

I tried the double quote option and I got this

Code:

# rsh remote-server "df -k | grep sd | grep -v boot | awk '{print $3}'"
/dev/sda3              8254272   1672772   6162204  22% /
/dev/sdb4            140258988  12922912 120211252  10% /data_store
/dev/sda4            123648020     32828 117334180   1% /data_store1

i.e. it didnt print column 3 on its own!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rubin

Or maybe this might help,

Code:

rsh remote-server <<'EOF'

   df -k | awk '/sd/ && !/boot/ { print $3 }'

EOF

... And awk has its own search capabilities.

unfortunately I got this

Code:

# rsh remote-server <<'EOF'
> df -k | awk '/sd/ && !/boot/ { print $3 }'
> EOF
tcgetattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device
ioctl I_FIND ttcompat: Inappropriate ioctl for device

any other suggestions ?

radoulov · #6 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008

Yes:

Code:

rsh host 'df -k | awk "/sd/ && !/boot/ { print \$3 }"'

hcclnoodles · #7 (**permalink**) 10-13-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by radoulov

Yes:

Code:

rsh host 'df -k | awk "/sd/ && !/boot/ { print \$3 }"'

thats fantastic

now i just need to find a way of adding them up, thanks again for all your help guys

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