--- Philip Hallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. This gives me the amount of space (kB) taken up by the 10 largest ports: > > > > $ pkg_info -as | grep ^[0-9] | sort -gr | head -10 | cut -c 1-6 > > > > 2. Using one figure from above list I produce the details of the > > corresponding port: > > > > $ pkg_info -as | grep -B3 240695 > > > > Output: > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Information for linux_base-8-8.0_6: > > > > Package Size: > > 240695 (1K-blocks) > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > I would like the output of the script to be the above but for all ten ports > > (~40 lines; > insert > > a blank line between each?). I know I need some sort of iteration but I am > > rusty on > scripting. > > Can anyone help? > > This should get you close... if you want only the top 10 just add more > pipes to the end with sort and head... > > ---------------------------------------------------- > #!/bin/sh > > newline='\ > ' > > pkg_info -as | \ > tr '\n' ' ' | \ > sed -e 's/Package Size://g' \ > -e "s/(1K-blocks)/$newline/g" |\ > sed -e 's/^ *Information for //' > ----------------------------------------------------
What I need is the size as the first item (not the second) on each line. Then I can use sort. __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"