Bowie wrote: > Bob Beers wrote: >> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Bowie Bailey wrote: >>>> Jatin Davey wrote: >>>> >>>>> Here is the script that i am trying to execute as a non-root user: >>>>> >>>>> #!/bin/sh >>>>> ps -C java -o thcount > /home/proc_threads/tempfile >>>>> awk ' { total += $1 } END { print total } ' >>>>> /home/proc_threads/tempfile >>>>> >>>>> here is the output when i try to execute as a non-root user: >>>>> >>>>> ./javathreads: line 2: /home/proc_threads/tempfile: Permission denied >>>>> awk: cmd. line:1: fatal: cannot open file >>>>> `/home/proc_threads/tempfile' for reading (Permission denied) >>>>> >>>> The script is running, but the 'awk' line is failing to read >>>> /home/proc_threads/tempfile. What are the permissions on that file >>>> and >>>> directory? >>>> >>>> $ ls -ld /home/proc_threads >>>> $ ls -l /home/proc_threads/tempfile >>>> >>> Unless you have some other use for the contents of tempfile, you could >>> use a pipeline instead to avoid any permissions issue. >>> >> If you don't mind, I would like to see the pipeline equivalent. :) >> > ps -C java -o thcount | awk ' { total += $1 } END { print total } ' Now, as dearly as I love awk, ps -C java --no-heading | wc -l mark