Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:19:20 +0200 From: "no@spam@mgedv.net" <nospam@mgedv.net> To: <dwinner-lists@att.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: need help w/ simple bash script Message-ID: <000501c699ec$4d104000$01010101@avalon.lan> In-Reply-To: <44A11E2D.3010006@att.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of dw > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:02 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: need help w/ simple bash script > > Hi all, > > I am trying to write a simple bash script that will collate > pkg_version > reports from all of my servers to generate centralized HTML > reports. To > format the output, I am trying: > > # REPORT=`pkg_version -v` > > But when I "echo $REPORT", I get: > > Xaw3d-1.5E_1 = up-to-date with port apr-db42-1.2.7_1 = > up-to-date with > port autoconf-2.13.000227_5 = up-to-date with port autoconf-2.59_2 = > up-to-date with port automake-1.9.6 = up-to-date with port > bash-3.1.17 = > up-to-date with port cvsup-without-gui-16.1h_2 = up-to-date with port > db41-4.1.25_3 = up-to-date with port............................. > > When what I want is: > > Xaw3d-1.5E_1 = up-to-date with port > apr-db42-1.2.7_1 = up-to-date with port > autoconf-2.13.000227_5 = up-to-date with port > autoconf-2.59_2 = up-to-date with port > automake-1.9.6 = up-to-date with port > bash-3.1.17 = up-to-date with port > cvsup-without-gui-16.1h_2 = up-to-date with port > db41-4.1.25_3 = up-to-date with port > ... > ... > ... > > > I've also tried: > > for LINE in `pkg_version -v`; do echo $LINE; done > > but that's even worse; then I get: > > Xaw3d-1.5E_1 > = > up-to-date > with > port > apr-db42-1.2.7_1 > = > up-to-date > with > port > autoconf-2.13.000227_5 > = > up-to-date > with > port > autoconf-2.59_2 > = > up-to-date > with > port > ... > ... > ... > > I know I figured out a technique once before, but I'm banging my head > against a wall right now. Thanks for any help. > > -DW > > > why not just try pkg_version -v |while read h_line do echo "$h_line" >TO SOMEWHERE done; you'd be even able to do something like pkg_version -v |grep -v 'up-to-date with port'|while read h_line do blah.... done; have fun ;-)
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