System statistics

#!bin/bash
#Get the passed variables
#echo "$# parameters";
#echo "$@";
function collectData {
    #echo $0;
    COLLECTION_FREQUENCY=$1;
    COLLECTION_DURATION=$2;
    FILE_NAME=$3;
    echo " ";
    echo $COLLECTION_FREQUENCY;
    echo $COLLECTION_DURATION;
    echo $FILE_NAME;
    echo " ";
    DATA=" ";

    for i in `seq $COLLECTION_FREQUENCY $COLLECTION_DURATION`
#FNR is the row selector
#$* are the columns
#NOTE: I could do some sort of selection where i say get the column $x where the data is $sys, $usr or etc...
#But since we know the columns output already, this seems like overkill

        do
            mpstat | awk 'FNR == 4 {print $3 " " $5 " " $11}' >> $FILE_NAME
            sleep $COLLECTION_FREQUENCY;
            #echo $i;
        done
        echo " \n"
        echo "script complete!"
    exit


#Get the information from mp stat and select the columns 3 5 and 11
#mpstat | awk '{print $3 " " $5 " " $11}';
}


collectData