[TriLUG] OT - script help

[Warren Myers]

Couldn't you also just match the string length exceeding 2? by definition, a 
3 character string must be an int at least 100 (presuming it's a number).

WMM

On 7/8/05, Ryan Leathers <Ryan.Leathers at globalknowledge.com> wrote:
> 
> just convert the resulting string to an integer so you can compare to see 
> if its larger than your threshold.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org on behalf of Howard Boyd
> Sent: Fri 7/8/2005 12:52 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: [TriLUG] OT - script help
> 
> Could use some help w/ a simple script problem. I have written a simple
> script that will output the following line:
> 
> QUEUE(IN.TECH.Q) CURDEPTH(0)
> 
> I'm interested in the number that appears between the parentheses after
> the word CURDEPTH. This number will vary depending on the health of my
> application. I want to script something that says if this number is
> greater than 100, send an email to me.
> 
> For those who care, the number is the Queue Depth for the queue running on
> my MQ Series server. When this number is over 100, I want to be notified
> so that I can check on my application.
> 
> I can use: awk '{ print $2 ; }' curdepth.txt | sed -e 's/CURDEPTH(//' -e
> 's/)//' > number.txt to strip away all the text except for the number (and
> I'm sure there is a more elegant solution), but how do I assign this to a
> variable that I can compare to my threshold point?
> 
> Right now, I just want something functional and don't care about elegant.
> Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
> 
> Howard
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