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SAS script to find top users in WORK directory

Below is the shell script to find out top 10 users utilizing work directory. This script tested in Solaris and may or may not work in *.nix versions.

## Script to find Top users in Work Directory (/work)

echo  " \n Top 10 Work directory and Memory in GB " > Temp_Mail.txt

echo  " \n Size  Directory_Name \n" >> Temp_Mail.txt

du -sh /work/SAS*|/usr/xpg4/bin/grep -E 'T'|grep -v 'K'|grep -v 'M'|sort -nr|head -10 >> Temp_Mail.txt
du -sh /work/SAS*|/usr/xpg4/bin/grep -E 'G'|sort -nr|head -10 >> Temp_Mail.txt
du -sh /work/SAS*|/usr/xpg4/bin/grep -E 'T'|grep -v 'K'|grep -v 'M'|sort -nr|head -10|cut -c 13-39 > Temp_User.txt
du -sh /work/SAS*|/usr/xpg4/bin/grep -E 'G'|sort -nr|head -10|cut -c 13-39 >> Temp_User.txt

var1=`sed -n '1p' Temp_User.txt`
var2=`sed -n '2p' Temp_User.txt`
var3=`sed -n '3p' Temp_User.txt`
var4=`sed -n '4p' Temp_User.txt`
var5=`sed -n '5p' Temp_User.txt`
var6=`sed -n '6p' Temp_User.txt`
var7=`sed -n '7p' Temp_User.txt`
var8=`sed -n '8p' Temp_User.txt`
var9=`sed -n '9p' Temp_User.txt`
var10=`sed -n '10p' Temp_User.txt`

echo "\n Top 10 User List with SAS Work Directory \n" >> Temp_Mail.txt

ls -ldrt /work/$var1 >> Temp_Mail.txt
ls -ldrt /work/$var2 >> Temp_Mail.txt
ls -ldrt /work/$var3 >> Temp_Mail.txt
ls -ldrt /work/$var4 >> Temp_Mail.txt
ls -ldrt /work/$var5 >> Temp_Mail.txt
ls -ldrt /work/$var6 >> Temp_Mail.txt
ls -ldrt /work/$var7 >> Temp_Mail.txt
ls -ldrt /work/$var8 >> Temp_Mail.txt
ls -ldrt /work/$var9 >> Temp_Mail.txt
ls -ldrt /work/$var10 >> Temp_Mail.txt


echo  "\n Regards \nSAS Admin" >> Temp_Mail.txt

mailx -s "Work Directory Memory Usage on `date +%d-%m-%Y-%T`" -r SASAdmin@sas.com SASAdmin@sas.com < Temp_Mail.txt

Assumptions:

You will receive mail if you server is configured with MailX program. This program doesn't delete any files or directory. 

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