UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am trying to write a script that will allow me to do a bdf then do a test for a percentage that is 90% or greater. If the test is true then i want to send a message to myself and one other person.

Any suggestions ? ? ?

Thanks.

....svp

Create an aliase in /etc/aliases and add the users you want.

Write a simple script that does a BDF and cuts the percentage field and uses that result in your test case. I suggest PERL, but others might suggest sed or awk. Either way, pipe the result with your own words to a mail program and mail the result (when the test condition is met) to the aliase you created in /etc/aliases.

Thank you for the suggestion. However I do not know Perl, sed, or awk. Is there a way I can do this using Unix commands? I tryed building a script that does a simple BDF and grep for 90%. I figured I would get my logic down first than expand the condition testing. I havn't been to successful so far. I have just recently become aquainted with Unix. My back ground is NT/2000 and HP MPE.


.....svp

You will need some sort of utility to transform the 'awkward' bdf output into an usable format. Using awk would be easiest, do some reading on the awk command. It is not that hard.

Perl, sed, or awk are all either UNIX command line utilities or can be used in command line mode. So, they are all UNIX commands. What we described is how things are done in the UNIX enviroment. UNIX is not point and click (which translated to slow and buggy), it is crisp and robust.

You must learn UNIX command line utilities to perform UNIX system administration (or hire people who do).

Thank you. I will do some digging into AWK and PERL.
....svp

Great. Please post your solution or problems you run into when you try different approaches.