I am running the following system command:

df -h | grep /db2/$DB2DBDFT/sapdata

in my script and assigning it to a variable which I then later print to a file and the file is then put in an email.

When I run the command at the prompt I get this:

df -h | grep /db2/$DB2DBDFT/sapdata
30G   26G  2.1G  93% /db2/BXP/sapdata1
30G   11G   18G  37% /db2/BXP/sapdata2
30G   23G  5.9G  80% /db2/BXP/sapdata3
30G  6.0G   23G  22% /db2/BXP/sapdata4
2.0G   36M  1.9G   2% /db2/BXP/sapdatat
2.0G   36M  1.9G   2% /db2/BXP/sapdatat2

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When I run the script I get this error:

sh: line 82: printf: `/': invalid format character

The line number is wrong for one thing but that is besides the point. Here is the code:

 
print OUT "Current File System Usage:\n";
print OUT "Filesystem             Size  Used Avail Use  Mounted on\n";
$rc = `df -h | grep /db2/$DB2DBDFT/sapdata`;
print OUT "$rc\n";

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I think it has to do with the / in the "filesystem name" column or the "Mounted on" column. The weird thing is that I don't have this problem on Unix.

I appreciate any suggestions on how to handle this.

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