Shell Programming and Scripting

hi all,
i need to run expect and get the output into variables so my bash script can make decisions
this is what i get currently

Code:

Please wait while gathering statistics...
   1: 0x60bf83c8 [34]
   2: 0x60bf8d58 [21]
   3: 0x60bf8d80 [22]
*  4: 0x60bf93a0 [57]
*  5: 0x62b0b4e0 [51]
   6: 0x605938a0 [25]
   7: 0x62844c74 [21]
   8: 0x60264f28 [29]
   9: 0x60bfd010 [23]
  10: 0x62b35db8 [22]

i need to read these into variables and then
evaluate these ..and if i find one with * as the first character ( if more than one i try 1 first and then 2nd one )

Can someone please help ?

thanx all

Seems kind of a vague description to me.

Ok i will try to explain sorry for the vagueness
i get 10 values back from server
each on one line and numbered 1 to 10
i would like to store them in variables so that i can see if the line has a star in the beginning . i ignore the rest
if it has a star
i would like the values i get back
lets say

Code:

* 4: 0x60bf93a0 [57]

in variables

Code:

VAR1 = 4
VAR2 = 0x60bf93a0
VAR3 = 57

then i run a command locally
system ./check something
and if the result of that is 0
i do
send "get this "value of VAR2"


thanx

Hmmm.

Dynamic variable names probably aren't a good idea, they'd be extremely difficult to count and even harder to use later. How about an array?

You can cheat and tell bash to split on any characters you don't want from that:

Code:

OLDIFS="$IFS"
        IFS=$' \r\n\t[]:*'
        ARRAY=( $( ./myscript.sh | tail -n +2 ) )
IFS="$OLDIFS"

${ARRAY[0]} would be 4, [1] would be 0x60bf93a0, [2], would be 57, and [3] would be the start of the next one and so forth.

The total size of the array would be ${#ARRAY[@]}

AWESOME !!!
thank you very much
i will test it out

quick ( possibly stupid question ) how do i use the system command and store the value in a variable ?
i have tried set x "system cmd.sh" etc ( many variations

BASH doesn't have a system command... Technically every line acts like a system command

To put a command's output into a variable, you can do VARIABLE="$( command )" Similar to what I'm doing above, except instead of an array, this puts it in a single string.

Do not put any extra spaces around the equal sign, that will stop it from working.

thanx corona .you guys are Amazingly helpful
much much appreciated .

kind regards

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2nd didnt work
CPU="$( ./getcpu )"

echo $CPU


btw getcpu is a small script i have written which returns the cpu value from 1 to 100