On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:53:46 -0500, "Spencer B. Torene" wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I just got into using Perl scripts on remote servers and MRTG. One > remote script, which uses this command-line command: > > "netstat -a -n | grep -E "^(tcp)"| cut -c 68-|sort|uniq -c | sort -n | > grep TIME_WAIT" > > Is causing a bunch of messages to be sent to the MRTG server that look > like this: [snip] > warning, got bogus tcp line. [snip] > so is there a way of suppressing these warnings?
Assuming you are Linux luser: man bash then read a section 'REDIRECTION' and man null See also http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/ch04sec1.html You got the idea, I hope. An alternative to your (complex) script: netstat --ip -na | awk 'BEGIN {c=0} /^tcp.* TIME_WAIT / {c++} \ END {print c}' -- Takumi Yamane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/lsg2.cgi
