I would definitely not recommend parsing XML in bash (or any other language that doesn't implement nested data structures), but Perl XML::LibXML has been a handy library for implementing our custom parsing of q* XML output. These days I would probably use Python or Ruby but I wrote our tools many years ago so Perl it was...
On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 10:59:09AM -0400, David Trimboli wrote: > Changing the names isn't an option; I inherited these names years ago and > nobody's going to want me to change them because I want to see something in > order. :) > > Basically, I can run this command to see it the way I want it: > qhost | head -n 3; qhost | tail -n +4 | sort -V > but of course this is cumbersome and makes adding options a chore. (Suppose > I want to use -j?) > > I guess XML it is. If this were PowerShell it'd be a cinch, but working in > Bash... ugh... > > On 8/1/2019 10:39 AM, MacMullan IV, Hugh wrote: > > David, > > > > Best for qhost sort would be to change your 'cluster' names to zero-padded, > > if you really want that kind of sorting. Or you could create an alias like > > 'qhost | sort -nk 1.8', assuming 'clusterX' is always true (the 8th > > character is where you start the sort). > > > > As Skylar says, if you want a custom qstat, you should probably build one > > from the '-xml' output. > > > > Regards, > > -Hugh > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: users-boun...@gridengine.org <users-boun...@gridengine.org> On Behalf > > Of David Trimboli > > Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2019 9:59 AM > > To: users Users <users@gridengine.org> > > Subject: [gridengine users] Sorting qhost and choosing qstat columns > > > > When I run qhost, the output is sorted alphabetically ??? which means > > "cluster10" appears before "cluster2," and so on. > > > > Before I go writing bash functions to manually sort this, which might > > lead to output side-effects, is there any way to change the sort to a > > natural number sort, so that "cluster2" would appear before "cluster10," > > etc.? > > > > When I run qstat, the normal wraps to a second line in my terminal set > > to 120 columns. I could fix that by eliminating the "jclass" column, > > which doesn't contain any information, but I can only find ways to add > > columns, not take them away. Is there a way to make this column go away? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > users@gridengine.org > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gridengine.org_mailman_listinfo_users&d=DwIGaQ&c=mkpgQs82XaCKIwNV8b32dmVOmERqJe4bBOtF0CetP9Y&r=EKk3zFVROsf8w5OyB2T6u55jzploih3y7CaWIlGOLAY&m=m_wX_jPeroRg7CYImv_hhYP5_j4Yg77eKMrgzOYGdVY&s=pwdLspfOZXCXUKlxE7OGCCu9y5Pg8hqoWxsY3gcb6Ls&e= > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@gridengine.org > https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users -- -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- University of Washington School of Medicine _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@gridengine.org https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
