gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash
while true ; do 
  for i in {1..4} ; do 
    now=$(date '+%s' | perl -pe 's/\012//')
    c=$(echo stats | nc xtincache0$i.xt.local 11211 | grep curr_conn | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | perl -pe 's/\015//' )
    echo "greg.cache.xtincache0${i}.curr_connections ${c} $now" | nc graphite-s1.xt.local 2013
  done
  sleep 5
done