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-#!/bin/bash
-# ======================================================================
-#
-# Check mailq size
-#
-# requirements:
-# - mailq
-#
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 2022-10-21  v1.0  <andrea.gottsponer@unibe.ch>
-# ======================================================================
-
-
-. `dirname $0`/inc_pluginfunctions
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# MAIN
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# --- check required tools
-ph.require mailq
-
-# --- check param -h
-if [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then
-    echo "
-    usage: $0 [ -w value -c value -h ]
-
-        -w  Warning level
-        -c  Critical level
-        -h  this help
-    "
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-# set default / override from command line params
-typeset -i iWarnLimit=`     ph.getValueWithParam 5  w "$@"`
-typeset -i iCriticalLimit=` ph.getValueWithParam 20 c "$@"`
-
-# get mailq count
-iMailqCount=`mailq | grep -c "^[A-F0-9]"`
-
-ph.setStatusByLimit ${iMailqCount} ${iWarnLimit} ${iCriticalLimit}
-
-# --- status output
-ph.status "${iMailqCount} Queue Count"
-
-# --- performance data usage
-ph.perfadd "mailq"  "${iMailqCount}" $iWarnLimit $iCriticalLimit 0
-
-# --- Bye
-ph.exit
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------