04-14-2008
Remove trailing G
Hello, I am trying to write a script that will calculate the amount of data remaining in a storage volume. I'm running Tru64 Unix version 5.1B patch kit 6. The script is being run against an AdvFS domain. I am programming in Korn Shell version M-11/16/88f.
The basic idea is that I want to run df -h and grep for the domain in question. I then pipe that output into awk to extract the two fields I want and store them in variables. I've made it this far with my script.
So now I have two variables: total and remaining. Both hold a number followed by the letter G (for Gigabytes).
I want to remove the trailing G and then take the 2 numbers that are left and print the difference. What I'm stumped on is how to remove the trailing 'G'.
I know that in sed, I could do something like:
new_variable=`sed 's/[0-9].*G$//g'`
to remove the trailing G, but to my knowledge you can't pass a shell variable into sed, so I don't think the following would work:
total=`sed 's/${total}$//g'`
So now my program has 2 variables that both hold a number followed immediately by the letter G. I know I could probably use cut, but the number of characters differs each week. This week, total might be 4 characters with a trailing G, next week it might only be 3. What tool can I use to remove the 'G' and save just the number back into the variable? I think if I could make it passed this step I could figure the arithmetic part out.
Thanks.
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sdx(1) General Commands Manual sdx(1)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NAME
sdx - Starkit Developer eXtension
DESCRIPTION
sdx combines a number of functions into a single command-line developer utility. Its most common use is to create, browse, and unravel
Starkits:
sdx qwrap myscript.tcl ?options ...?
create a starkit from a single Tcl script
sdx wrap mystar.kit ?options ...?
create a starkit from a mystar.vfs directory structure
sdx unwrap mystar.kit
the reverse of wrap, lets you dissect any starkit
sdx lsk mystar.kit
list the contents of a starkit, as seen when mounted in Tcl
sdx version mystar.kit
calculate the version ID of a starkit, report newest file found inside
sdx mkpack oldstar.kit newstar.kit
copy and optimally pack the Metakit data by removing all unused areas
sdx mksplit mystar.kit
split a starkit into mystar.head and a mystar.tail parts
sdx also has other, less frequently used commands, see sdx help and sdx help command for more information.
sdx is itself a Starkit, you can inspect its contents by doing sdx unwrap `which sdx`.
SEE ALSO
http://code.google.com/p/tclkit/, http://wiki.tcl.tk/sdx/, http://wiki.tcl.tk/starkit/, http://www.equi4.com/starkit/,
http://www.equi4.com/starkit/sdx.html
KEYWORDS
Starkit, Tcl
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