Alex Jurkiewicz's technical blog

#!/bin/bash
 
IFS=`echo -en "\n\b"`
QUERY=$(mysql --skip-column-names --batch -e "SHOW STATUS LIKE \"Qcache_%\"" | egrep "(Qcache_hits|Qcache_inserts|Qcache_lowmem_prunes)" 2>/dev/null)
 
case "$1" in
autoconf)
        [ -n "$QUERY" ] && echo yes && exit
        echo no && exit 1
        ;;
config)
        echo graph_title Mysql query cache hitrate
        echo graph_vlabel hits
        echo graph_args --base 1000
        echo graph_category mysql
        echo Qcache_hits.label Cache hits
        echo Qcache_hits.type DERIVE
        echo Qcache_hits.min 0
        echo Qcache_hits.draw LINE2
        echo Qcache_inserts.label Cache misses/inserts
        echo Qcache_inserts.type DERIVE
        echo Qcache_inserts.min 0
        echo Qcache_inserts.draw LINE2
        echo Qcache_lowmem_prunes.label Cache drops
        echo Qcache_lowmem_prunes.type DERIVE
        echo Qcache_lowmem_prunes.min 0
        echo Qcache_lowmem_prunes.draw LINE2
        ;;
*)
        for LINE in $(mysql --skip-column-names --batch -e "SHOW STATUS LIKE 'Qcache_%'" | egrep "(Qcache_hits|Qcache_inserts|Qcache_lowmem_prunes)") ; do
                echo `echo $LINE | cut -f1`.value `echo $LINE | cut -f2`
        done
        ;;
esac