awk, external command and quotes

[Jess Goodman]

I tried what was posted at that url and it has some major issues. It tries to use the files bbb.awk and a.tmp as input files without first creating these files.

Also you should not use == to create DCL symbols when the symbols are only being used by the command procedure that creates them.

[labadie_1]

Sorry about that, I will fix it.

[Jess Goodman]

I tried running what was posted at that url and it has some major issues. The command procedure tries to use the files bbb.awk and a.tmp as input files without first creating these files.

I recommend using the current process's PID as part of the file name for any temporary files created by a command procedure.

Also you should not use == to create DCL symbols when the symbols are only being used by the command procedure that creates them.

[labadie_1]

>>> I recommend using the current process's PID as part of the file name for any temporary files created by a command procedure.

Yes, like how fntmp is defined in this procedure ?
http://dcl.openvms.org/stories.php?story=03/09/23/7962305

[Jean-François Piéronne]

As Hein has suggested a scriptting language is probably more suitable.

As example, I have attach a Python script doing a similar job (including a sort option on any of the displayed item).

Choice of sort direction can easily be added.

JF

[labadie_1]

Fine work

python bg.py -s ior
will sort by I/O received
python bg.py -s remp
will sort by remote port

How do I get a sort ascending and not descending, in the options ?

[Jean-François Piéronne]

Two options added to choose the sort direction.

To view the help just use
python ipstat.py --help (or -h)

JF