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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Hello, i’m
using mrtg without snmp so i’m gathering information with externals
scripts but I face with some “strange” problems when returning the
four lines.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>For example, the
following script running into bash give me the four lines output needed by
mrtg:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>arrosdev23:/vmachines/#
`/bin/echo -e `/usr/bin/top -n 1 | /usr/bin/awk '/Cpu/{print 100-$5}' |
/usr/bin/cut -c -4` "\n0\n\n"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>3.3<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>0<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>#<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Then I edit my
.cfg file with this:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Target[cpu]:
`/bin/echo -e \`/usr/bin/top -n 1 | /usr/bin/awk '/Cpu/{print 100-$5}' |
/usr/bin/cut -c -4\` "\n0\n\n"` (I escaped internal "`"
like mentioned in mrtg-reference)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The mrtg.log
says:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>2007-08-27
15:57:01: WARNING: Problem with External get '/bin/echo -e `/usr/bin/top -n 1 |
/usr/bin/awk '/Cpu/{print 100-$5}' | /usr/bin/cut -c -4` "\n0\n\n"':<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> Expected a
Number for 'in' but got ''<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>2007-08-27
15:57:01: ERROR: Target[cpu][_IN_] ' $target->[2]{$mode} ' did not eval into
defined data<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Then I tried a
more simple script:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Target[cpu]:
`/usr/bin/top -n 1 | /usr/bin/awk '/Cpu/{print 100-$5}' | /usr/bin/cut -c -4;
echo -e "0\n\n"`<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Then mrtg.log
complains with:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>2007-08-27
16:05:02: WARNING: Problem with External get '/usr/bin/top -n 1 | /usr/bin/awk
'/Cpu/{print 100-$5}' | /usr/bin/cut -c -4; echo -e "0\n\n"':<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> Expected a
Number for 'out' but got ''<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>2007-08-27
16:05:02: ERROR: Target[cpu][_OUT_] ' $target->[2]{$mode} ' did not eval
into defined data<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Could anyone tell
me which is the error? I'm only having problems with this script and I made
several others well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=ES-AR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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