#!/bin/bash if [ -t 0 ]; then echo You need to send your metadata to stdin echo It should be in the syntax of {name}=\"{value}\" exit fi META=$(cat) if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo Argument 1 should be name exit fi if [ -z "$2" ]; then echo Argument 2 should be value exit fi NAME=$1 VALUE=$2 echo "# TYPE ${NAME} gauge" echo "${NAME}{$META} ${VALUE}"