> > > Yeah, but I am looking for "0" ... 8,9,11,14 are all in use ... but 0-7 > > > are not. I want to: > > > > > > "starting with zero, find the lowest number that is NOT in this list" > > > > > > (where "this list" is the output of mdconfig -l, which shows which md > > > devices are currently in use) > > > > Running mdconfig -l I don't get any output, however this works, it'll > > find the first unused number up to 25 in that list. > > > > echo '8 9 11 14' | perl -ane'@[EMAIL PROTECTED](1)[EMAIL > > PROTECTED];for(0..25){if(not defined > > $h{$_}){print qq($_\n);exit}}' > > > > If you can give me the exact output of mdconfig -l, I can modify this for > > you. > > > Thank you very much - you got no output because you have no md devices in > use. I have a few in use and this is the output I get: > > # mdconfig -l > md3 md2 md1 md0 > > But I could just as easily get: > > # mdconfig -l > md9 md8 md5 md3 > > Hmm...I just saw that that line is in perl, and I do not have perl > installed on any of my 6.0 machines ... I am not sure I want to install it > just for this one shell script :(
Whoops, I forgot that perl isn't in the base any more. What scripting languages do you have? If you only have sh, I'll work on that, but it won't be a one-liner most likely. Or a C program. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"