On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 12:30, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Craig White wrote: > > > I want to compare the -f1 value and output to a file for purposes of > > sending an email - is there someone who has done this already? Do I need > > to use awk or perl? > ---- I suppose... #!/bin/sh wdirect=/root/scripts chdirect=/home/filesystems/samba/profiles size_plateau=1024000 du -s $chdirect/* > $wdirect/users-homes cut -f1 $wdirect/users-homes; echo " - "; \ cut -f2 $wdirect/users-homes outputs 4136 8956 - /home/filesystems/samba/profiles/test /home/filesystems/samba/profiles/testuser Not that I am really wanting to print this to screen but that is where I am starting. I want it to put directory_size = cut -f1 $wdirect/users-homes/$i and then if $size_plateau > $directory_size then 'mail' an alert This obviously is a pseudo code. My problem is that the 'cut' command seems to want to operate on the entire file and not a line by line. Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss