[ale] Shell Script Question

David Tomaschik david at systemoverlord.com
Thu Aug 11 20:00:26 EDT 2011


On 08/11/2011 07:51 PM, Scott Steele wrote:
> I haven't been able to try this code yet since I cannot connect to the
> server, but would it return with just "1" value after if finishes with
> a script? say 1 or -1? That would be what I would be looking for
> SiteScope to understand.
>
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com
> <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     | sed -e 's/statereachable.\*/1/' -e 's/stateunreachable.\*/-1/'
>
>     On Aug 11, 2011 6:16 PM, "Scott Steele" <roninazure at gmail.com
>     <mailto:roninazure at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > I am relatively a little rusty with the shell scripting and was
>     wondering if
>     > someone could help me with my dilemma. I use IBM WebSphere and
>     the command I
>     > use is:
>     >
>     > xsadmin.sh -p 11111 -bp 11111 -ch servername123 -routetable
>     >
>     > The output is an example of this:
>     >
>     > P: partition:83 - state:reachable - ipaddress:servername100 -
>     zone:ZoneB
>     >> R: partition:83 - state:reachable - ipaddress:servername101-
>     zone:ZoneA
>     > P: partition:84 - state:reachable - ipaddress:servername102 -
>     zone:ZoneB
>     >> R: partition:84 - state:reachable - ipaddress:servername103 -
>     zone:ZoneA
>     > P: partition:85 - state:reachable - ipaddress:servername104 -
>     zone:ZoneA
>     >> R: partition:85 - state:reachable - ipaddress:servername105 -
>     zone:ZoneB
>     >
>     > And so on.
>     >
>     > I need to condense the output of this file to send to SiteScope
>     as a file
>     > with only values of either <0 or >0. Meaning, if the
>     state:reachable it
>     > needs to appear as >0. if state:unreachable than the value needs
>     to appear
>     > as <0. I basically need to find a way to remove all erroneous
>     info and
>     > substitute the words state:reachable or state:unreachable with
>     either <0 or
>     >>0. I have tried many different methods, awk, sed and grep but
>     seem to come
>     > up short. Any help would be most appreciative and would be a
>     great learning
>     > tool.
>     >
>     > Thanks!
>

Are you looking for return value or output?  For output, Jim's sed
commands should work, but you might need a ".*" at the beginning of each
pattern.

Providing sample output with the sample input would probably help
everyone understand.

David
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