[root@86 ~]# mysqladmin -uroot -p123456 -S /tmp/mysql.sock status

Uptime: 112403  Threads: 17  Questions: 1091141  Slow queries: 0  Opens: 4644  Flush tables: 1  Open tables: 64  Queries per second avg: 9.707

[root@86 ~]# mysqladmin -uroot -p123456 -S /tmp/mysql.sock status|cut -f2 -d":"

 112486  Threads

[root@86 ~]# mysqladmin -uroot -p123456 -S /tmp/mysql.sock status|cut -f2 -d":"

 112507  Threads

[root@86 ~]# mysqladmin -uroot -p123456 -S /tmp/mysql.sock status|cut -f2 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"T"

 112573