removed uncessesary conversion, and fixed the print statement to output the processes

filter.sh

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if [ -z "$SMB_PIDS" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Checking to see if any PIDs exceed CPU or Time thresholds
-ps -axo pid,comm,pcpu,etime | awk -v cpu="$CPU_THRESHOLD" -v time="$TIME_THRESHOLD" -v smb_pids="$SMB_PIDS" '
+ps -eo pid,comm,%cpu,etimes --no-headers | awk -v cpu="$CPU_THRESHOLD" -v time="$TIME_THRESHOLD" -v smb_pids="$SMB_PIDS" '
 BEGIN {
         split(smb_pids, arr, " ")
         for (i in arr) {
@@ -28,30 +28,11 @@ NR > 1 {
                 next
         }
 
-        # Converting etime into seconds
-        split($4, parts, "-")
-        if (length(parts) == 2) {
-                days=parts[1]
-                hms=parts[2]
-        } else {
-                days=0
-                hms=parts[1] 
-        }
-
-        split(hms, t, ";")
-        if (length(t) == 3) {
-                h=t[1]; m=t[2]; s=t[3]
-         } else if (length(t) == 2) {
-                h=t[1]; m=t[2]; s=0
-        } else {
-                h=0; m=0; s=0
-        }
-
-        elapsed = days*86400 + h*3600 + m*60 + s
+        elapsed = $4
 
         # Comparing elapsed to thresholds
         if ($3 >= cpu && elapsed >= time) {
-                printf "PID: %s | Command: %s | CPU: %s%% | Runtime: %s (%.2f hours)\n,$1, $2, $3, $4, elapsed/3600"
+                printf "PID: %s | Command: %s | CPU: %s%% | Runtime: %s (%.2f hours)\n",$1, $2, $3, $4, elapsed/3600
         }
 }'