According to Steve Youngs: While burning my CPU.
>
> Hey! Did you see what Richard Adams wrote on May 10 ?
>
> RA>
> RA> Would not;
> RA> echo -e "+\n"$TIME_ELAPSED >> /etc/ppp/logs/prog-tot
> RA> help. ??
>
> Sorry Richard, this doesn't work... it generates the wrong type of
> output to prog-tot. It gives:
> 0
> +
> n
> +
> n
> And what I need is:
> 0+n+n+n
The command "tr" would convert C/R's.
>
> RA> Or if i am not seeing the point you could try.
> RA> echo "+" ; $TIME_ELAPSED >> /etc/ppp/logs/prog-tot
> RA> echo -e "+\n" ; $TIME_ELAPSED >> /etc/ppp/logs/prog-tot
>
> Neither of these work for two reasons. First it sort of gives the
> same type of output as your first suggestion. And second because the
> semi-colon tells bash that $TIME_ELAPSED is another command to execute.
> $TIME_ELAPSED isn't a command its a variable that contains a number.
>
> RA> There are man more combinations to use as well.
>
> I found something that worked!! I just added the following two
> lines to the start of the script that tests the total time for the
> month...
> cat /etc/ppp/logs/prog-tot > /tmp/test-tot
> echo -e "\n" >> /tmp/test-tot
>
> Then I use...
> TIMES_UP=$(bc -q /tmp/test-tot < /etc/ppp/logs/q)
I'm glad to hear it now works, now i see what you mean, anyway would not the
"command expr" be a lot easier to implement, 'expr 1234 + 1234' would add
the two togehter.
Of course not having seen the whole script makes that realy also hard to
say.
>
> Thanks for your help Richard, it got me thinking about the problem in a
> slightly different way and I was able to solve it by "thinking outside the
> box".
>
> BTW, if anyone would like a way for timing how long they spend on
> the internet (via dial-up ppp) let me know and I'll send you my scripts.
I would be interested, please thanks.
>
> Regards, Steve Youngs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: 34307457
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