UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello,

I have been searching for some advice on this.

I'm new to linux in a sys-admin kind of role, and I'm often asked to get information by running basic commands in the linux shell. For example, how many jobs running, grep a number of files, run a random program and output the results, etc. and this all needs to be shared with management.

So far the only way to store this information is to send email via the shell scripts or to store in a simple text file. I don't really want to use a database since this information is so simple. I don't work for a web development shop so we don't have any sophisticated web tools. Would PHP/HTML be the best way, or just continue spamming people with emails?

How is this typically done in an organized way?

Thanks

Not sure what exactly you are talking about. Sort of "Management Information System" or a "performance score card"? How would that info be accessed? e-mail? Intranet?

RudiC,
Yes, so sort of like Tableau or Graphite if you've seen those tools for viewing data. I don't have fancy tools like that so I'm just wondering what are the best ways to create reports of system information or alerts.

That can range from an EXCEL workbook on a central file server to an interactive HTML page on the intranet to DB with respective extraction forms.

Been there, done that. I wrote an article about using shell scripting to automate tasks like this. Near the bottom of that guide I explain how to produce HTML reports with system information. If you have further questions about that article feel free to drop a note using the comment form.
Hope it helps!