On Friday 04 February 2005 02:14 pm, antenneX wrote: > ---> FBSD-4.10p2 > > I have a script that tells me when a mailbox exceeds 2MB. Using it for > another purpose. how can I modify this script to tell me when a file is > LESS than a certain size? > > --------------------------------------------- > #!/bin/sh > > #AWK=/usr/bin/awk > #FILE=/file/size/to/check > #LS=/bin/ls > #SIZE=2048 # (2048 = 2MB) > > #if [ `${LS} -s ${FILE} | ${AWK} '{ print $1 }'` -gt ${SIZE} ]; then > # echo File ${FILE} is ABOVE normal | mail -s "Alert: Check the file" > #fi > --------------------------------------------- > > Thanks, and.... > > Best regards, > > Jack L. Stone > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Jonathen's correct. It's not an awk question. It's actually being evaluated by test. see man test )test is also invoked when you see [ some equation ] (you need the space at least on the inside of [ and ], perhaps on the outsides too. #if [ `${LS} -s ${FILE} | ${AWK} '{ print $1 }'` -lt ${SIZE} ]; then # echo File ${FILE} is BELOW normal | mail -s "Alert: Check the file" #fi
awk is just being used to get the first field from ls -s, which is the size... -- i386 FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"