controlling collect output

[vishnupaturi]

Hi,
I'm using collect -s c -i 1, i/m getting scrolling output,
Please help me in controlling the output after 1 sec.

[Ivan Ferreira]

You need ":" after the interval specification. I think that one second is a too low value. For example:

collect -sc -i 5:

[Victor Semaska_3]

The command will work without the colon(:). If you're talking about keeping the output from scrolling off the screen then pipe it to more

# collect -s c -i 1 | more

Vic

[Venkatesh BL]

You could also store to a file using the '-f' option and then playback using the '-p' option.

[vishnupaturi]

The solution given by you is helpful to some extend, but my prob is after getting the output with -f option or more option control should come out.

Ex: i'm runnung this cmd from a perl telnet module $t -> cmd("-sc -i 5");
After getting the output control should come to the script, here collect cmd is continuously running.Please help me

Thanks
Vishnu

[Venkatesh BL · Accepted solution]

Well, collect is designed to continously collect system data. If you want to run it only for a particular duration, you could try the '-R' flag. See manpage for more info.

[vishnupaturi]

Thank you ...!
I got the expected solution.

Thanks
Vishnu Paturi.