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# 1  
Old 09-03-2010
extra space issue with awk
Code:
for diskname in $(lspv |awk '{print $1}')
do
lquerypv -h /dev/|awk '/'$diskname'/ { print ; exit }'
done

No output is returning from the loop.
I think awk put an extra space to the command - lquerypv -h /dev/
so that the command is executed as i.e. lquerypv -h /dev/ hdisk230 with a space between /dev/ and hdisk230.

Please advise how to remove an extra space in this case if my guess is correct.

Thank you
# 2  
Old 09-03-2010
Do:
Code:
lspv |awk '{print "="$1"="}'

so you don't have to guess Smilie
# 3  
Old 09-03-2010
Code:
lspv |awk '{print "="$1"="}'

returns the outputs with =
Code:
=hdisk0=
=hdisk1=
=hdisk113=
...

Code:
 lspv |awk '{print "/dev/"$1}'

gives me like this:
Code:
/dev/hdisk0
/dev/hdisk1
/dev/hdisk113
...

It looks good so far, but if I put in

Code:
for diskname in $(lspv |awk '{print "/dev/"$1}')
do
lquerypv -h |awk '/'$diskname'/ { print ; exit }'
done

I am getting errors:

Code:
 Syntax Error The source line is 1.
 The error context is
                //dev/hdisk0/ >>>  { <<< 
 awk: 0602-500 Quitting The source line is 1.
 Syntax Error The source line is 1.
 The error context is
                //dev/hdisk1/ >>>  { <<< 
 awk: 0602-500 Quitting The source line is 1.
 Syntax Error The source line is 1.
 The error context is
                //dev/hdisk113/ >>>  { <<< 
 awk: 0602-500 Quitting The source line is 1.

Please advise.

Thank you so much
Last edited by Scott; 09-03-2010 at 05:46 PM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
# 4  
Old 09-03-2010
Try:
Code:
for diskname in $(lspv |awk '{print $1}')
do
lquerypv -h /dev/|awk -vx=$diskname '$0~x{ print ; exit }'
done

# 5  
Old 09-03-2010
I tried:
Code:
for diskname in $(lspv |awk '{print $1}')
do
lquerypv -h /dev/|awk -vx=$diskname '$0~x{ print ; exit }'
done

but, no output is returned still.
Please advise.
# 6  
Old 09-03-2010
Are you sure this command is giving proper output? (containing disk names?):
Code:
lquerypv -h /dev/

# 7  
Old 09-03-2010
The command has to be:

Code:
lquerypv -h /dev/hdisk#

// please note no space on
Code:
/dev/hdisk#

hdisk# comes from
Code:
 '/'$diskname'/ { print ; exit }'

It looks to me that i.e.
Code:
 lquerypv -h /dev/ hdisk0

(please note a space) is executed.

Please advise.
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