Can someone please fill me in on if and how I can use the commented out threshhold variables(after uncommenting) and reference those variables in my awk test/evaluation in place of the hardcoded values($10 > 55 or 65). Thanks - David #!/bin/ksh SID=$1 cd /m1/homes/oracle . ./$SID #export WARNING_THRESHHOLD=55 #export CRITICAL_THRESHHOLD=65 export TBS_WARNING=`orastat -ts | awk '{if ($10 > 55) print $10}' | grep -vi generic | grep -vi pct | grep -vi === | gr ep -vi listed | grep -vi accurat` export TBS_CRITICAL=`orastat -ts | awk '{if ($10 > 65) print $10}' | grep -vi generic | grep -vi pct | grep -vi === | g rep -vi listed | grep -vi accurat` echo $TBS_WARNING echo $TBS_CRITICAL if [ $TBS_CRITICAL -gt 65 ]; then ./orastat -ts|mailx -s "TBS CRITICAL for $SID" dgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxx elif [ $TBS_WARNING -gt 55 ]; then ./orastat -ts|mailx -s "TBS WARNING for $SID" dgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxx fi ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------