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There are many ways to format this, but I'd use awk:<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-40378408-1">#!/bin/bash

TMPF=/tmp/vm.$$

date &gt; $TMPF

vmstat | tail -1 | awk '{print $1 &quot; processes are waiting\n&quot; $2 &quot; processes are blocked&quot;}' &gt;&gt; $TMPF

cat $TMPF | mail -s &quot;vmstat output&quot; fred@example.com

rm $TMPF</code></pre>
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Then add<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; 0 */3 * * * /path/to/above/script.sh<br />
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The above assumes that all of the commands specified are in /bin or /usr/bin. since that's the PATH which will be used - if they aren't, put in the full path to the commands.
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There are many ways to format this, but I'd use awk:


#!/bin/bash

TMPF=/tmp/vm.$$

date > $TMPF

vmstat | tail -1 | awk '{print $1 " processes are waiting\n" $2 " processes are blocked"}' >> $TMPF

cat $TMPF | mail -s "vmstat output" fred@example.com

rm $TMPF


Then add
    0 */3 * * * /path/to/above/script.sh

The above assumes that all of the commands specified are in /bin or /usr/bin. since that's the PATH which will be used - if they aren't, put in the full path to the commands.

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Works great!<br />
What if I wanted to add a log to this so it writes and keeps it for a week or so then starts a new one??
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Works great!
What if I wanted to add a log to this so it writes and keeps it for a week or so then starts a new one??

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Hi everyone,<br />
I need to format vmstat , this script should format vmstat for easy reading on cell phones etc, &nbsp;I am looking to send the output to email every three hours.<br />
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Output should look like this:<br />
<br />
Sat Feb 18 11:15:48 PST 2012<br />
1 processes are waiting<br />
0 processes are blocked<br />
<br />
<br />
Thank you!
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Hi everyone,
I need to format vmstat , this script should format vmstat for easy reading on cell phones etc,  I am looking to send the output to email every three hours.

Output should look like this:

Sat Feb 18 11:15:48 PST 2012
1 processes are waiting
0 processes are blocked


Thank you!

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