On 03/02/2017 01:48 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 04:33:57PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: >> Is there a tool which can be >> "turned on" at time t0 >> "turned off" at time t1 >> which will report the number of >> "uploaded" bytes >> "downloaded" bytes >> in that interval? > > For your purposes, perhaps you pipe a standard interface > reporting tool into a text file that you can edit into > .cvs format for a spreadsheet. > > However, sometimes the easiest way to do stuff is to learn > a scripting language and automate a task. The good thing > about scripting languages is that you can always look at > the program to remind yourself how it works. > [snip]
For my needs I'll skip aiming at a spreadsheet and write some simple bash scripts to gather data and do some basic formatting. For anything more complex I'll use Tcl/Tk as I use it in another project. The more practice the better. I someone asks "How much can be done in bash?", I suggest browsing http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/Bash-Beginners-Guide.html and http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html . _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
