Hi, Like to gratefully thank everyone for their input. I now have different ways to do this.
Thanks again. Regards, seun >From: Alex van den Bogaerdt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [rrd-users] Re: using grep on snmp collected data >Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:24:43 +0100 > >On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 09:26:26PM +0100, Serge Maandag wrote: > > Put these lines in a file called "bla" and for the sum of all entries >between 10 and 14 try: > > > > cat bla | grep ' 1[0123]:'|awk '{s += $10}END{print "sum is", s, " >average is", s/NR}' > >In addition to the "useles use of cat award", this also qualifies >for the "useles use of grep award" :) > > >To save cpu cycles, file descriptors and what more: > ><bla awk '/ 1[0123]:/{s+=$10}END{print "sum is",s," average is ",s/NR}' > >This, by the way, selects " 10:" which probably stands for the >timeframe "09:55:00 .. 10:00:00". After all, a rate is not known >until the time has passed; the entry at 10:00 should thus describe >the past, not the future. Similarly 14:00:00 is not selected while >it probably should. > >HTH >Alex > >-- >Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users >WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail messages direct to your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
