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# 8  
Old 06-25-2009
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Originally Posted by Sepia
No joy, still missing text.
Thanks.
could you show the input to 'sed' that it's munging wrongly, please?
# 9  
Old 06-25-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
could you show the input to 'sed' that it's munging wrongly, please?
Yes, it is 'User Session: Current user count: 300' and is coming out as ',Thu Jun 25 12:56:00 BST 2009count: 300'

Also, how can I add another input like date.

I've tried doing sed "s/^/`date`, /`hostname`, /" but it didn't work.

Thanks.
# 10  
Old 06-25-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sepia
Yes, it is 'User Session: Current user count: 300' and is coming out as ',Thu Jun 25 12:56:00 BST 2009count: 300'
Code:
$ echo 'User Session: Current user count: 300' | sed "s/\$/,`date`/"
User Session: Current user count: 300,Thu Jun 25 15:59:57 CEST 2009

works just fine
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sepia
Also, how can I add another input like date.

I've tried doing sed "s/^/`date`, /`hostname`, /" but it didn't work.

Thanks.
Code:
$ echo 'User Session: Current user count: 300' | sed "s/^/`date`,`hostname`,/"
Thu Jun 25 16:03:59 CEST 2009,bbpser170,User Session: Current user count: 300

# 11  
Old 06-25-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
Code:
$ echo 'User Session: Current user count: 300' | sed "s/\$/,`date`/"
User Session: Current user count: 300,Thu Jun 25 15:59:57 CEST 2009

works just fine
It works fine for me on an echo but not with the grep.

Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
Code:
$ echo 'User Session: Current user count: 300' | sed "s/^/`date`,`hostname`,/"
Thu Jun 25 16:03:59 CEST 2009,bbpser170,User Session: Current user count: 300

That works fine with echo and grep! Thank you.

Any ideas how I can >> the output to a file on another server?

Have tried >> username@server.com:/var/tmp/cron-log to no avail.
# 12  
Old 06-25-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sepia
It works fine for me on an echo but not with the grep.



That works fine with echo and grep! Thank you.

Any ideas how I can >> the output to a file on another server?

Have tried >> username@server.com:/var/tmp/cron-log to no avail.
cannot do that unless the 'other server' directory is NFS mounted.
# 13  
Old 06-25-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
cannot do that unless the 'other server' directory is NFS mounted.
Thats a shame.

Thanks for your help.
 
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