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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Getting syntax error while running awk command Post 302828709 by rveri on Wednesday 3rd of July 2013 04:01:25 AM
Old 07-03-2013
RudiC ,
great code,

Code:
df -g | awk 'NR==1 || /var/ {next} $4+0 > 90 {print "Filesystem ", $NF, "oversized"}'

$4+0 what it means, if you could explain. How it is eliminating the "%"symboll which is in there.

Thank you,
 

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