> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dw
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:02 PM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: need help w/ simple bash script
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to write a simple bash script that will collate
> pkg_version
> reports from all of my servers to generate centralized HTML
> reports. To
> format the output, I am trying:
>
> # REPORT=`pkg_version -v`
>
> But when I "echo $REPORT", I get:
>
> Xaw3d-1.5E_1 = up-to-date with port apr-db42-1.2.7_1 =
> up-to-date with
> port autoconf-2.13.000227_5 = up-to-date with port autoconf-2.59_2 =
> up-to-date with port automake-1.9.6 = up-to-date with port
> bash-3.1.17 =
> up-to-date with port cvsup-without-gui-16.1h_2 = up-to-date with port
> db41-4.1.25_3 = up-to-date with port.............................
>
> When what I want is:
>
> Xaw3d-1.5E_1 = up-to-date with port
> apr-db42-1.2.7_1 = up-to-date with port
> autoconf-2.13.000227_5 = up-to-date with port
> autoconf-2.59_2 = up-to-date with port
> automake-1.9.6 = up-to-date with port
> bash-3.1.17 = up-to-date with port
> cvsup-without-gui-16.1h_2 = up-to-date with port
> db41-4.1.25_3 = up-to-date with port
> ...
> ...
> ...
>
>
> I've also tried:
>
> for LINE in `pkg_version -v`; do echo $LINE; done
>
> but that's even worse; then I get:
>
> Xaw3d-1.5E_1
> =
> up-to-date
> with
> port
> apr-db42-1.2.7_1
> =
> up-to-date
> with
> port
> autoconf-2.13.000227_5
> =
> up-to-date
> with
> port
> autoconf-2.59_2
> =
> up-to-date
> with
> port
> ...
> ...
> ...
>
> I know I figured out a technique once before, but I'm banging my head
> against a wall right now. Thanks for any help.
>
> -DW
>
>
>
why not just try
pkg_version -v |while read h_line
do
echo "$h_line" >TO SOMEWHERE
done;
you'd be even able to do something like
pkg_version -v |grep -v 'up-to-date with port'|while read h_line
do
blah....
done;
have fun ;-)
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