Re: [Gumstix-users] how to parse ifconfig using awk or grep command?

[Bill G. <bg...@bi...>]

>> #ifconfig wlan0 |grep "RX bytes"|awk '{print $2}'
>> bytes:545078
>>
>>
>> how can I separate the values with the "bytes:"? 
>> I want to see if value2-value1>1000, then echo ">1000" .....
>>  
>>
>>     
> pipe the results into cut
>
> #ifconfig wlan0 |grep "RX bytes"|awk '{print $2}' | cut -d ":" -f 2
>   

Or the equivalent entirely within awk:

# ifconfig eth0 | awk -F: '/RX bytes/ {split($2,rxbytes," "); print 
rxbytes[1];}'


b.g.

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Bill Gatliff
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