Got it thanks.<div><br></div><div>I replaced the single quote with double on the sides, and changed test to -ge. I we are good.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for pushing me in the right direction.</div><div><br></div><div>
for i in $(seq 1 1); do ssh 127.0.0.$i "echo `hostname`; if [ `free -m | grep -i swap | awk '{print $3}'` -ge 1000 ]; then sudo echo reclaim; else echo hey; fi"; done<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Benjie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:benjie.godfrey@gmail.com">benjie.godfrey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It looks like you missed placing a single quote after the 'echo `hostname` command. That would prevent awk from interpreting its print command.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Brandon Colbert <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colbert.brandon@gmail.com" target="_blank">colbert.brandon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div>I am trying figure out what the heck is wrong with awk here.</div><div><br></div>
<div>for i in $(seq 1 1); do ssh 127.0.0.$i 'echo `hostname`; if [ `free -m | grep -i swap | awk '{print $3}'` > 1000 ]; then sudo echo reclaim; else echo hey; fi'; done</div>
<div><br></div><div>The command works, but I get an error about awk: Any suggestions?</div><div><br></div><div><div>deblapatl01</div><div>awk: cmd. line:1: {print</div><div>awk: cmd. line:1: ^ unexpected newline or end of string</div>
<div>hey</div></div><div><br></div>
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