I want to assign 202220 to some variable to compare with treshold.

Thanks.

    $ N=`df -k /pt | awk 'NR == 2 {print $2}'`

If you want to get the available space, 70336, into a variable do

    $ N=`df -k /pt | awk 'NR == 2 {print $4}'`

---Robert

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 >
 > How to extract actual free space value out of df output using shell
 > and sed only? Say on Linux
 > #df -k  /pt
 > Filesystem  1k-blocks      Used  Available  Use%  Mounted on
 > /dev/hda5       202220  121144       70336     63%                    /
 >
 > I want to assign 202220 to some variable to compare with treshold.
 >
 > Thanks.

Silly me, of course I meant 70336.

Yes, I know how to do that with awk, but sed is the only
editor awailable on this embedded system. Any way to
get it with bash, sed but without awk?

Pavel.

---Robert

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 >
 > >20220 is not the free space; it's the size of the file system.  If you want
 > to get that
 > >number into a variable, do
 >
 > Silly me, of course I meant 70336.
 >
 > >
 > >    $ N=`df -k /pt | awk 'NR == 2 {print $2}'`
 > >
 >
 > Yes, I know how to do that with awk, but sed is the only
 > editor awailable on this embedded system. Any way to
 > get it with bash, sed but without awk?
 >
 > Pavel.

Brilliant! Thanks, Robert.

myvar=$(df -k /pt | awk '/hda/ {print $2}')

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