Thank you very much, Takumi. Everything is working perfectly now. I only had to add " 2> /dev/null" to the end of the script call.
I haven't tried your netstat command yet, but it does look much better than mine. I'll give it a go in the near future. Thanks again! Spencer > "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]> _________________________________________________________________ AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES Join nine African Americans on an extraordinary journey to discover their past. Wednesday, February 1st, 9/8C only on PBS pbs.org/africanamericanlives _________________________________________________________________ This email may contain material that is confidential or proprietary to PBS and is intended solely for use by the intended recipient. Any review, reliance or distribution of such material by others, or forwarding of such material without express permission, is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender and destroy all copies. _________________________________________________________________ -- 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
