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<span style="font-size: large;">Default Mcelog cron file is here</span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> /etc/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron</span></div>
<pre style="background: none 0px 0px repeat scroll rgb(60, 60, 60); border-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 15.6px;">[root@instructor script]# vi /etc/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron

#!/bin/bash

# do not run if mcelogd is running

service mcelogd status >& /dev/null

[ $? -eq 0 ] && exit 0

# is mcelog supported?

/usr/sbin/mcelog --supported >& /dev/null

if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then

exit 1;

/usr/sbin/mcelog --ignorenodev --filter >> /var/log/mcelog </span></span></pre>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">After that paste bellow line into you
<b>hardwareerror.sh</b> file.. </span></div>
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#!/bin/bash

[ $(grep -c "error" /var/log/mcelog) -gt 0 ] && echo "Hardware Error Found $(hostname) @ $(date)" |

cat /var/log/mcelog | mail -s 'H/w Error' info@hackthesec.co.in

exit 0 </span></span></pre>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">and run the script through cronjob<br /></span><span style="color: red;">Note : - If your system get any hardware issue then the script will send you a mail other wise you did </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">not get any email... *Only when your system detected any issue*</span></div>
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Send Email Alert When Hardware Errors Detected

Send Email Alert When Hardware Errors Detected [root@instructor script]# yum install mcelog -y Default Mcelog cron file is here /etc/cron.hourly/mcelog.cron [root@instructor script]# vi /etc/cron.hou…

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Command Line Arguments in Linux Shell Scripting

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<span style="color: #990000;"><u><i>Command Line Arguments in Linux Shell Scripting</i></u></span></h1>
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Overview :</h2>
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Command line arguments (also known as positional parameters) are the arguments specified at the command prompt with a command or script to be executed. The locations at the command prompt of the arguments as well as the location of the command, or the script itself, are stored in corresponding variables. These variables are special shell variables. Below picture will help you understand them.</div>
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Let’s create a shell script with name “<b>command_line_agruments</b>.sh”, it will show the command line argruments that were supplied and count number of agruments, value of first argument and Process ID (PID) of the Script.</div>
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Assign Executable permissions to the Script</h6>
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Now execute the scripts with command line argruments</h6>
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There are 4 arguments specified at the command line.
The arguments supplied are: Linux AIX HPUX VMware
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</span><span style="color: white;">The PID of the script is: 16316</span></pre>
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Shifting Command Line Arguments</h5>
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The shift command is used to move command line arguments one position to the left. During this move, the first argument is lost. “<b>command_line_agruments</b>.sh” script below uses the shift command:</div>
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Now Execute the Script again.</h6>
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There are 4 arguments specified at the command line
The arguments supplied are: Linux AIX HPUX VMware
The first argument is: Linux
</span><span style="color: lime;">The Process ID of the script is: 16369
</span><span style="color: white;">The new first argument after the first shift is: AIX
</span><span style="color: lime;">The new first argument after the second shift is: HPUX
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Command Line Arguments in Linux Shell Scripting

Command Line Arguments in Linux Shell Scripting Overview : Command line arguments (also known as positional parameters) are the arguments specified at the command prompt with a command or script to b…

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