op 03-06-14 15:18, schreef Tim Dunphy: > [root at uszmpwslp014lc ~]# GET http://$(hostname -i)/server-status | grep > -i requests/sec > <dt>4.08 requests/sec - 80.9 kB/second - 19.8 kB/request</dt> > > > That works ok. And next I'm grepping it back down and awking it to just the > part I'm interested in: > > [root at uszmpwslp014lc ~]# GET http://$(hostname -i)/server-status | grep -i > -e request -e requests/sec | grep -i -v -e currently -e code -e ss | awk > '{print $1}' > <dt>4.08 > > But now I need to get rid of just the <dt> in front of the 4.08? cut --delimiter=">" --field=2 you could even get rid of the awk and pipe your grep to cut --delimiter=">" --field=2 | cut --delimiter=" " --field=1 But there are many different ways to solve this. greetings Patrick