# Telegraf exec plugin with bash script **URL:** \ **Category:** Telegraf\ **Tags:** telegraf\ **Created:** [February 8, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-exec-plugin-with-bash-script/8485 "2019-02-08T07:19:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Badb0y](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Badb0y](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Badb0y)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-exec-plugin-with-bash-script/8485/1 "2019-02-08T07:19:44Z")
Hi, I paste some part of my config: ``` [agent] interval = "60s" round_interval = true metric_batch_size = 1000 metric_buffer_limit = 10000 collection_jitter = "0s" flush_interval = "10s" flush_jitter = "2s" precision = "" debug = false quiet = true logfile = "" [[outputs.kafka]] brokers = ["servers"] topic = "telegraf-measurements-json" client_id = "telegraf-hardware-measurements" routing_tag = "host" version = "0.11.0.2" compression_codec = 2 required_acks = 1 data_format = "json" [[inputs.exec]] commands = ["/etc/infra-telegraf/telegraf_spawningtest.sh"] name_suffix = "_spawningtest" data_format = "json" ``` This is the script that I want to run: ``` #!/bin/bash LINTIME=$(cat /var/tmp/linspawntime) WINTIME=$(cat /var/tmp/winspawntime) LINDELETETIME=$(cat /var/tmp/lindeletetime) WINDELETETIME=$(cat /var/tmp/windeletetime) LINSUCCESS=$(cat /var/tmp/linsuccesscounter) WINSUCCESS=$(cat /var/tmp/winsuccesscounter) LINFAILED=$(cat /var/tmp/linfailedcounter) WINFAILED=$(cat /var/tmp/winfailedcounter) SUMSUCCESS=$(cat /var/tmp/sumsuccesscounter) LINSPAWNSUCCESS=$(cat /var/tmp/lss) WINSPAWNSUCCESS=$(cat /var/tmp/wss) LINSPAWNFAILED=$(cat /var/tmp/lsf) WINSPAWNFAILED=$(cat /var/tmp/wsf) LINDELETESUCCESS=$(cat /var/tmp/lds) WINDELETESUCCESS=$(cat /var/tmp/wds) LINDELETEFAILED=$(cat /var/tmp/ldf) WINDELETEFAILED=$(cat /var/tmp/wdf) echo "spawntest,linspawntime=$LINTIME winspawntime=$WINTIME lindeletetime=$LINDELETETIME windeletetime=$WINDELETETIME linsuccesscounter=$LINSUCCESS winsuccesscounter=$WINSUCCESS linfailedcounter=$LINFAILED winfailedcounter=$WINFAILED sumsuccesscounter=$SUMSUCCESS lss=$LINSPAWNSUCCESS wss=$WINSPAWNSUCCESS lsf=$LINSPAWNFAILED wsf=$WINSPAWNFAILED lds=$LINDELETESUCCESS wds=$WINDELETESUCCESS ldf=$LINDELETEFAILED wdf=$WINDELETEFAILED" ``` The values inside the files are integer simple number values like 34, 1,0 How can I send these values? I don’t even sure that I should send as json. ---
**Author:** ![rawkode](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/rawkode/32/5161_2.png) [@rawkode](https://community.influxdata.com/u/rawkode)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-exec-plugin-with-bash-script/8485/2 "2019-02-08T08:08:46Z")
I can’t run this to test, as those `/var/tmp/` files are unique to your system. Your `echo` statement in the script outputs line protocol, not JSON. ```auto echo "spawntest,linspawntime=$LINTIME winspawntime=$WINTIME lindeletetime=$LINDELETETIME windeletetime=$WINDELETETIME linsuccesscounter=$LINSUCCESS winsuccesscounter=$WINSUCCESS linfailedcounter=$LINFAILED winfailedcounter=$WINFAILED sumsuccesscounter=$SUMSUCCESS lss=$LINSPAWNSUCCESS wss=$WINSPAWNSUCCESS lsf=$LINSPAWNFAILED wsf=$WINSPAWNFAILED lds=$LINDELETESUCCESS wds=$WINDELETESUCCESS ldf=$LINDELETEFAILED wdf=$WINDELETEFAILED" ``` So if you change ```auto data_format = "json" ``` to ```auto data_format = "influx" ``` It will hopefully work. ---
**Author:** ![Badb0y](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Badb0y](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Badb0y)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-exec-plugin-with-bash-script/8485/3 "2019-02-08T09:57:37Z")
> [@Badb0y](#): > > [[inputs.exec]] commands = [“/etc/infra-telegraf/telegraf\_spawningtest.sh”] name\_suffix = “\_spawningtest” data\_format = “json” I got this `2019-02-08T08:54:00Z E! [inputs.exec]: Error in plugin: metric parse error: expected timestamp at offset 42: "spawntest,linspawntime=27 winspawntime=55 lindeletetime=13 windeletetime=17 linsuccesscounter=6055 winsuccesscounter=6050 linfailedcounter= winfailedcounter= sumsuccesscounter= lss=1 wss=1 lsf=0 wsf=0 lds=1 wds=1 ldf=0 wdf=0\n"` ---
**Author:** ![rawkode](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/rawkode/32/5161_2.png) [@rawkode](https://community.influxdata.com/u/rawkode)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-exec-plugin-with-bash-script/8485/4 "2019-02-08T11:04:29Z")
Drats, I didn’t see those spaces. Change to: ```auto echo "spawntest,linspawntime=$LINTIME,winspawntime=$WINTIME,lindeletetime=$LINDELETETIME,windeletetime=$WINDELETETIME,linsuccesscounter=$LINSUCCESS winsuccesscounter=$WINSUCCESS,linfailedcounter=$LINFAILED,winfailedcounter=$WINFAILED sumsuccesscounter=$SUMSUCCESS,lss=$LINSPAWNSUCCESS,wss=$WINSPAWNSUCCESS,lsf=$LINSPAWNFAILED,wsf=$WINSPAWNFAILED,lds=$LINDELETESUCCESS,wds=$WINDELETESUCCESS,ldf=$LINDELETEFAILED,wdf=$WINDELETEFAILED" ``` This will tread all of these as tags, which means they are indexed. if you don’t require that, adding a single space before using comma separated fields. Docs on our line protocol are [here](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.7/write_protocols/line_protocol_tutorial/). ---
**Author:** ![Badb0y](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Badb0y](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Badb0y)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 6:14am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-exec-plugin-with-bash-script/8485/5 "2019-02-12T06:14:31Z")
This is the exec now and this is the shell script: ``` [[inputs.exec]] commands = ["/etc/infra-telegraf/telegraf_spawningtest.sh"] name_suffix = "_spawningtest" data_format = "influx" ``` This is the script: ``` #!/bin/bash LINTIME=$(cat /var/tmp/linspawntime) WINTIME=$(cat /var/tmp/winspawntime) LINDELETETIME=$(cat /var/tmp/lindeletetime) WINDELETETIME=$(cat /var/tmp/windeletetime) LINSPAWNSUCCESS=$(cat /var/tmp/lss) WINSPAWNSUCCESS=$(cat /var/tmp/wss) LINSPAWNFAILED=$(cat /var/tmp/lsf) WINSPAWNFAILED=$(cat /var/tmp/wsf) LINDELETESUCCESS=$(cat /var/tmp/lds) WINDELETESUCCESS=$(cat /var/tmp/wds) LINDELETEFAILED=$(cat /var/tmp/ldf) WINDELETEFAILED=$(cat /var/tmp/wdf) echo "spawntest,linspawntime=$LINTIME,winspawntime=$WINTIME,lindeletetime=$LINDELETETIME,windeletetime=$WINDELETETIME,lss=$LINSPAWNSUCCESS,wss=$WINSPAWNSUCCESS,lsf=$LINSPAWNFAILED,wsf=$WINSPAWNFAILED,lds=$LINDELETESUCCESS,wds=$WINDELETESUCCESS,ldf=$LINDELETEFAILED,wdf=$WINDELETEFAILED" ``` If I run a debug I get this: ``` infra-telegraf -config=/etc/infra-telegraf/infra-telegraf.conf -input-filter=exec -debug 2019-02-12T06:09:54Z I! Starting Telegraf 1.9.2 2019-02-12T06:10:00Z E! [inputs.exec]: Error in plugin: metric parse error: expected tag at offset 123: "spawntest,linspawntime=33,winspawntime=53,lindeletetime=31,windeletetime=14,lss=1,wss=1,lsf=0,wsf=0,lds=1,wds=1,ldf=0,wdf=0\n" ``` How it works at the moment if I specify like this all values: ``` #[[inputs.exec]] #commands = ["cat /var/tmp/linspawntime"] #name_override = "linux_spawn_time" #data_format = "value" #data_type = "integer" # #[[inputs.exec]] #commands = ["cat /var/tmp/winspawntime"] #name_override = "windows_spawn_time" #data_format = "value" #data_type = "integer" # #[[inputs.exec]] #commands = ["cat /var/tmp/lindeletetime"] #name_override = "linux_delete_time" #data_format = "value" #data_type = "integer" # #[[inputs.exec]] #commands = ["cat /var/tmp/windeletetime"] #name_override = "windows_delete_time" #data_format = "value" #data_type = "integer" # #[[inputs.exec]] #commands = ["cat /var/tmp/lss"] #name_override = "linux_spawn_success" #data_format = "value" #data_type = "integer" # #[[inputs.exec]] #commands = ["cat /var/tmp/wss"] #name_override = "windows_spawn_success" #data_format = "value" #data_type = "integer" ``` But this one not too pretty I think.