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I want to take the number of bytes transmitted and received from /proc/net/dev in this format: num_ofbytesTransmitted,num_ofbytesReceived. This was my approach:

cat /net/proc/dev | grep enp0s3 | cut -f5 -d' '

and

cat /net/proc/dev | grep enp0s3 | cut -f48 -d' '

but the problem here is that I can't always use these constants on cut since the numbers can get big and that number has to change... What can I do in these circumstances?

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  • Quick tip: Drop cat and do grep enp0s3 /net/proc/dev instead. – forest Nov 21 '18 at 7:06
  • @forest are you sure it's just that? – C. Cristi Nov 21 '18 at 7:10
  • No, that's why it was a quick tip instead of an answer. – forest Nov 21 '18 at 7:12
  • @forest I understand but I have no clue how to use your tip – C. Cristi Nov 21 '18 at 7:16
  • Same homework over on AU: askubuntu.com/questions/1094459/… – muru Nov 21 '18 at 7:40
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Use AWK instead:

awk -v OFS=, '/enp0s3:/ { print $10, $2 }' /proc/net/dev

This looks for lines matching “enp0s3:” in /proc/net/dev, and prints the tenth and second fields, separated by a comma.

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