[TriLUG] OT - script help

[Shane O'Donnell]

Definitely!!  And don't put any comments on it, so the next guy will
be confused by what you did, then have to re-do your comparator when
the threshold changes to anything other than 100.

Programmers live for that stuff.  ;-)

Tongue firmly in cheek,

Shane O.

On 7/8/05, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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