On 03/04/17 00:41, Richard Owlett wrote: > 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 .
If you want to use this as a learning exercise, go for it. If not, then I feel you are making this more complicated than necessary. First capture your data as Robert suggested. Change the 10 to whatever time interval is desired. cp /proc/net/dev /tmp/foo; sleep 10; cat /proc/net/dev >> /tmp/foo Now open the file using libreoffice. Under Separator options, select "Space" and "Merge delimiters". Click OK. Your task, as you have described it, is now about 95% complete. galen -- Galen Seitz gal...@seitzassoc.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
