I am trying to do a top and then extract the data from this line:

CPU states:     % idle,     % user,     % kernel,     % iowait,     %
swap

when you save this info to a file its never there.  Does anyone know
how to capture this.
thanks

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vaed...@gmail.com wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
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>  I am trying to do a top and then extract the data from this line:
>  CPU states:     % idle,     % user,     % kernel,     % iowait,     % swap[/vbcol
]

I use -
sar -u 1 10 | grep Average | awk ' { stuff } '

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