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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We have few custom tests that measures printq of the print server (windows).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How can I write a script to create a rrd file and generate graphs.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For example</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">P Server 1 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3/13/2006 Total queued jobs: 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN324:0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN323:0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN142:0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN141:0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN140:0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN139:0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN138:0</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">P Server 2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3/13/2006 Total queued jobs: 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN314:0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN137:0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN136:0</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How to count the number of columns that vary from host to host.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The column names are not common for all the hosts.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can any one help me further ?</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">if [ "$TESTNAME"="printq" ]<BR>
then<BR>
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<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">p1=`grep "^</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN*</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:" $FNAME | awk '{print $2}'`<BR>
p2=`grep "^</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN*</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:" $FNAME | awk '{print $2}'`<BR>
p3=`grep "^</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PRN*</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:" $FNAME | awk '{print $2}'` </FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"># The RRD dataset definitions<BR>
echo "DS:p1:GAUGE:600:0:U"<BR>
echo "DS:p2:GAUGE:600:0:U"<BR>
echo "DS:p3:GAUGE:600:0:U" </FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"># The filename </FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">echo "printq.rrd" </FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"># The data<BR>
echo "$p1:$p2:$p3"<BR>
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<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial"> Regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Subhash Gada</FONT>
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