Watch active calls on an Asterisk PBX

watch "asterisk -vvvvvrx 'core show channels' | egrep \"(call|channel)\""

This handles when you have a single call or channel. Other commands will strip out the result if there is a single channel or call active because the output changes the noun to be singular instead of plural.

Sample Output

Every 1.0s: asterisk -vvvvvrx 'core show channels' | egrep "(call|channel)"                                Wed Aug 29 06:38:08 2012

1 active channel
2 active calls
82 calls processed

By: rowshi

2012-08-29 13:40:45

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Watch active calls on an Asterisk PBX

Show active calls as the happen on an Asterisk server. Note that the Asterisk command (in single quotes) is formatted for Asterisk 1.6. Use the -n flag on the watch command to modify the refresh period (in seconds - default is 2 seconds). Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
3 active calls
72 calls processed
```
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watch -n 1 "sudo asterisk -vvvvvrx 'core show channels' | grep call"

mheadd · 2010-03-26 15:42:13 11
Watch active calls on an Asterisk PBX

Only the number of calls nothing else. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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3
```
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/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx 'core show channels' | grep -m1 "call" | cut -d' ' -f1

stackoverflow128 · 2012-02-01 17:55:17 6
Watch active calls on an Asterisk PBX

Works on asterisk 1.8.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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asterisk -rx "core show calls" | grep "active" | cut -d' ' -f1

Kouri · 2012-08-15 19:42:30 5
Watch active calls on an Asterisk PBX
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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watch "asterisk -vvvvvrx 'core show channels verbose'"

qboney · 2016-01-18 15:16:16 10
Watch active calls on an Asterisk PBX
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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watch -n 5 "asterisk -rx 'core show calls' | grep active"

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