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Align exec documentation with v0.10 updates

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Kostas Botsas 2016-01-14 15:55:53 -08:00
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plugins/inputs/exec/README.md
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@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ For example, if you have a json-returning command called mycollector, you could
setup the exec plugin with:
```
[[exec.commands]]
command = "/usr/bin/mycollector --output=json"
name = "mycollector"
interval = 10
[[inputs.exec]]
command = "/usr/bin/mycollector --output=json"
name_suffix = "_mycollector"
interval = 10
```
The name is used as a prefix for the measurements.
The name suffix is appended to exec as "exec_name_suffix" to identify the input stream.
The interval is used to determine how often a particular command should be run. Each
time the exec plugin runs, it will only run a particular command if it has been at least
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ time the exec plugin runs, it will only run a particular command if it has been
# Sample
Let's say that we have a command named "mycollector", which gives the following output:
Let's say that we have a command with the name_suffix "_mycollector", which gives the following output:
```json
{
"a": 0.5,
@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ Let's say that we have a command named "mycollector", which gives the following
}
```
The collected metrics will be:
The collected metrics will be stored as field values under the same measurement "exec_mycollector":
```
exec_mycollector_a value=0.5
exec_mycollector_b_d value=0.1
exec_mycollector_b_e value=5
exec_mycollector a=0.5,b_c="some text",b_d=0.1,b_e=5 1452815002357578567
```