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# 8  
Old 04-16-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by hanson44
Code:
status=`echo $status`

Isn't that redundant?

That's a quick hack to trim leading and trailing white spaces from the variable.


@Jagadish m

Please post the output of this line:

echo "Archive Area usage is:" "$status"

Please note that the $status is in double quotes.
# 9  
Old 04-16-2013
Quote:
That's a quick hack to trim leading and trailing white spaces from the variable.
Did it have leading or trailing white spaces? I didn't see the logic of why it would.
# 10  
Old 04-19-2013
Here is the error.

[oracle@is01xa1:/u01]$sh archive_usage.sh

=======================================================================
archive_usage.sh: prod
To know the Archive/Db_recovery_area usage
Friday, April 19, 01:26:30 PM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Archive Area usage is: Elapsed: 00:00:00.29
archive_usage.sh: line 23: [: 00:00:00.29: binary operator expected


I have already mentioned in the subject stating Smilie

---------- Post updated at 03:41 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:29 PM ----------

Still getting as below:

not receiving the value of the variable status.

Archive Area usage is: Elapsed: 00:00:00.29

-Jagadish.

Quote:
Originally Posted by clx
That's a quick hack to trim leading and trailing white spaces from the variable.


@Jagadish m

Please post the output of this line:

echo "Archive Area usage is:" "$status"

Please note that the $status is in double quotes.
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