How to parse the output of VIOS topas result?

[Sydroid]

Actually, we can use SSH to connect to the VIOS of PowerVM.
We type "topas" and see the monitoring data of VIOS.
But, if I just want to read the byte array of the topas result, how to parse the strange format?

Step:
1.Execute: topas>&1
2.Get the result:

^[=^[[?7h^[[?1l^[(B^[=^[[m^[(B^[[H^[[2JTopas Monitor for host:     rd-aixvio01          EVENTS/QUEUES    FILE/TTY
^MFri May       24 02:13:51 2013   Interval:  2         Cswitch          Readch
^[[23DSyscall            Writech
^MKernel                |^[[28C|        Reads            Rawin
^MUser          |^[[28C|        Writes           Ttyout
^MWait          |^[[28C|        Forks            Igets
^MIdle          |^[[28C|        Execs            Namei
^MPhysc =^[[27C%Entc=   Runqueue         Dirblk
^[[23DWaitqueue^[[11;49HPAGING           MEMORY
^[[23DFaults             Real,MB
^[[24DSteals             % Comp
^[[23DPgspIn             % Noncomp
^[[26DPgspOut            % Client
^[[25DPageIn
^[[6DPageOut             PAGING SPACE
^[[29DSios               Size,MB
^[[7D% Used
^[[23DNFS (calls/sec)    % Free
^[[23DServerV2
^[[8DClientV2      Press:
^[[25DServerV3     "h" for help
^[[31DClientV3     "q" to quit^[[9;10H^[[H^[[2JTopas Monitor for host:     rd-aixvio01          EVENTS/QUEUES    FILE/TTY
^MFri May       24 02:13:51 2013   Interval:  2         Cswitch          Readch
^[[23DSyscall            Writech
^MNetwork        ^[[;7m^[(BKBPS ^[[m^[(BI-Pack  O-Pack   KB-In  KB-Out  Reads            Rawin
^[[22DWrites             Ttyout
^[[23DForks              Igets
^[[22DExecs              Namei
^MDisk  Busy%     ^[[;7m^[(BKBPS^[[5C^[[m^[(BTPS KB-Read KB-Writ        Runqueue         Dirblk
^[[23DWaitqueue^[[11;49HPAGING           MEMORY
^[[23DFaults             Real,MB
^[[24DSteals             % Comp
^[[23DPgspIn             % Noncomp
^[[26DPgspOut            % Client
^[[25DPageIn
^[[6DPageOut             PAGING SPACE
^[[29DSios               Size,MB
^[[7D% Used
^[[23DNFS (calls/sec)    % Free
^[[23DServerV2
^[[8DClientV2      Press:
^[[25DServerV3     "h" for help
^[[31DClientV3     "q" to quit^[[4;10H




^Mhdisk2          0.1     8.9     0.2     7.5     1.3
^Mhdisk0          0.0     1.2     0.1     0.4     0.8
^Mcd1     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0^[[4;10H^[[9B^MName                PID  CPU%  PgSp Owner
^Mseaproc^[[6C155728   0.0   1.0        root
^Mgil^[[11C69666   0.0   0.9    root
^Mgetty^[[8C278672   0.0   0.6  root
^Mxmgc^[[10C49176   0.0   0.4   root
^Msyslogd^[[6C127206   0.0   0.3        root
^Minit            1   0.0   0.6 root
^Mnetm^[[10C65568   0.0   0.4   root
^Mpilegc^[[8C45078   0.0   1.2  root
^Mrdpgc^[[8C159826   0.0   0.4  root
^Mfbdsk_io     163936   0.0   0.4       root
^Mtarget_k     122962   0.0   0.5       root
^Mpsmd^[[10C24588   0.0   0.5   root^[[4;10H^[[H^[[2JTopas Monitor for host:       rd-aixvio01          EVENTS/QUEUES    FILE/TTY
^MFri May       24 02:13:53 2013   Interval:  2         Cswitch          Readch
^[[23DSyscall            Writech
^MCPU    ^[[;7m^[(BUser%        ^[[C^[[m^[(BKern%        Wait%   Idle%  Physc   Reads            Rawin
^[[22DWrites             Ttyout
^[[23DForks              Igets
^[[22DExecs              Namei
^[[22DRunqueue   Dirblk
^[[23DWaitqueue
^MNetwork        ^[[;7m^[(BKBPS ^[[m^[(BI-Pack  O-Pack   KB-In  KB-Out
        PAGING           MEMORY
^[[23DFaults             Real,MB
^[[24DSteals             % Comp
^MDisk  Busy%     ^[[;7m^[(BKBPS^[[5C^[[m^[(BTPS KB-Read KB-Writ        PgspIn           % Noncomp
^[[26DPgspOut            % Client
^[[25DPageIn
^[[6DPageOut             PAGING SPACE
^[[29DSios               Size,MB
^[[7D% Used
^[[23DNFS (calls/sec)    % Free
^[[23DServerV2
^[[8DClientV2      Press:
^[[25DServerV3     "h" for help
^[[31DClientV3     "q" to quit^[[10;10H^[[5A^Mcpu0        30.8    57.9     0.0    11.4   0.01
^Mcpu1     0.0     1.6     0.0    98.4   0.00
^Mcpu2     0.0    18.5     0.0    81.5   0.00
^Mcpu3     0.0    19.1     0.0    80.9   0.00


^Men0     5.4     16.0    33.5     0.9     4.4
^Mlo0     0.0      0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0


^Mhdisk0          0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0
^Mhdisk2          0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0
^Mcd1     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0^[[10;10H^[[2;61H191                 693.5K^M
^[[59C3367^[[13C7186^M
^[[60C261^[[16C0^M
^[[60C183^[[13C1258^M
^[[62C5^[[16C0^M
^[[62C7^[[14C264^M
^[[60C0.0^[[16C0^M
^[[60C0.0


^H^H76^[[14C576^M
^[[62C0^[[13C74.4^M
^[[62C0^[[14C6.6^M
^[[62C0^[[14C6.6^M
^[[62C0
^H0
^H0^[[13C1536^M
Name            PID  CPU%  PgSp Owner^[[40C9.9^M
topas       1728550   1.9   1.5 root^[[40C91.1^M
ioscli      1314958   1.6   0.4 root^[[27C0
^Mtee       1925372   0.6   0.1 padmin^[[25C0
^Msshd^[[9C450798   0.4   0.7   padmin^[[25C0
^Mrksh      1683610   0.3   0.5 padmin^[[25C0
^Mgetty^[[8C278672   0.1   0.6  root^[[10;10H^[[15B^M^[>^[[?7h

The encoding seems lick $TERM=xterm.
What?????
Can parse xterm encoding?
How??????

 

[chgwhat]

I do not know what you are trying to do, but have you thought of using the topasout on the files in /etc/dail/perf.


Tony ... aka chgwhat

When in doubt,,, Power out...