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Old 04-11-2012
Not the correct output, works fine via CLI, not inside the script.
Guys,
I need you help please.

The script below is not working correclty for checking via a awk/if statement . Can you tell me what i am doing wrong in the script code "if($1 == "$RETENTION_LEVEL") "

Syntax
Code:
RETENTION_LEVEL=`echo $LINE | cut -f2 -d" "`
echo " ============== $RETENTION_LEVEL =============== "
RETENTION_CHECK=`$ADM_CMD/bpretlevel | egrep -v "Retention|Level|---------" | awk '{ if($1 == "$RETENTION_LEVEL") print $0}' | awk '{print $2,$3}'`


Script Ouput
Code:
+ RETENTION_LEVEL=8
+ echo ' ============== 8 =============== '
+ /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpretlevel
+ egrep -v 'Retention|Level|---------'
+ awk '{ if($1 == "$RETENTION_LEVEL") print $0}'
+ awk '{print $2,$3}'
+ RETENTION_CHECK=''


What the output should be
Code:
# bpretlevel | egrep -v "Retention|Level|---------" | awk '{ if($1 == "3") print $0}'
    3     1 month        31

Last edited by zaxxon; 04-11-2012 at 10:50 AM.. Reason: changed html tags to code tags
# 2  
Old 04-11-2012
pls provide the same input..
# 3  
Old 04-11-2012
RETENTION_LEVEL=8 or 3

Code:
# bpretlevel | egrep -v "Retention|Level|---------" | awk '{ if($1 == "3") print $0}'
    3     1 month        31


Code:
bpretlevel | egrep -v "Retention|Level|---------" | awk '{ if($1 == "$RETENTION_LEVEL") print $0}'

No ouput when run in the script

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Don't forget to use the code tags^^
Last edited by zaxxon; 04-11-2012 at 11:07 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 4  
Old 04-11-2012
The variable $RETENTION_LEVEL can't be handed into awk as it won't be substituted inside the single quotation marks of awk.
You can try something like
Code:
RETENTION_CHECK=`$ADM_CMD/bpretlevel | awk -v rl="$RETENTION_LEVEL" '!/Retention|Level|---------/ { if($1 == rl) print $2,$3}'

Also no need to have another awk invoked for printing the whole line 1st and then field 2 and 3. You can print it directly and also have awk do the egrep -v thing.

So far my guess.
# 5  
Old 04-11-2012
Worked a treat many thanks.
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