netstat -i parse output

[Rick Garland]

All hi:

I am looking for the network traffic going in/out of HPUX systems. When executing the netstat -i command the number if Ipkts & Opkts is on another line. I'm at a loss on how to script this output so I can get the values that match with a particular interface. Example;
lan900 1500 (IP) (HOST)
(some number) (some number)
As seen, the numbers are on another line.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Rick:

# netstat -i | awk '{if (NF!=9) {LINE=$0;getline;print LINE,$0} else {print}}'

Regards!

...JRF...

[Rick Garland]

Many thanks JRF

A little massaging gets what I want!