On Fri, 26 May 2006 12:04:48 +1200
Hadley Rich wrote:

> On Friday 26 May 2006 11:29, Nick Rout wrote:
> > given this string (all one line):
> >
> > Tracker Load: (9 %)<table class=main border=0 width=400><tr><td
> > style='padding: 0px; background-image: url(pic/loadbarbg.gif);
> > background-repeat: repeat-x'><img height=15 width=36
> > src="/pic/loadbargreen.gif" alt='9%'></td></tr></table>18:25:15  up 2 days,
> > 23:44,  1 user,  load average: 18.73, 20.96, 27.06<br></td></tr></table>
> >
> > what is the best way to parse out the first load average figure, ie in
> > this case 18.73
> 
> Yeah, what language?
> 
> echo $THAT_LINE | sed -e 's/.*load average: //' | cut -d ',' -f 1
> 
> a bit dirty but it works.


yes that works thanks.  I think  I am right in saying that the sed part
cuts out everything up to the words "load average:" and the cut part
then takes up until (but not including) the comma.



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