> RH9 > > Have a php page and I want the outcome of > > du -hs /var/spool/imap/$username | awk '{print $1}' > > however, username is (say) joe.user.example.com but the directory is > joe^user^example^com > > Any sed or awk experts help me do this in one line? The output is > simply the amount of space used by the user.
The answer may not be sed or awk, but tr. Here's a quick test script I wrote up (I'm sure that somebody could improve upon it): #!/bin/bash USERNAME="joe.user.example.com"; du -sh /var/spool/imap/`echo -e $USERNAME | tr [.] [^]` | awk '{print $1}' HTH Ben -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list