On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Nifty Cluster Mitch <niftycluster at niftyegg.com> wrote: > > $ cat /tmp/checkspace > #!/bin/bash > df -Pkl > /tmp/checkingdiskspce > echo -e "\nInput is:" > cat /tmp/checkingdiskspce > echo -e "\nAdding up the bits" > cat /tmp/checkingdiskspce | awk '/^\/dev\// { used += $3/1024 } END { printf("%d Mb Used\n", used)} ' This is simpler (and does not involve as many execs & forks) as: awk '/^\/dev\// { used += $3/1024 } END { printf("%d Mb Used\n", used)} ' /tmp/checkingdiskspce mhr