2009/1/14 Mike Ayers <[email protected]>:
>> > $ snmpwalk -v 2c -c mll-O 'lb001.geni.com vsvrTotHits."www"'
>>
>> The problem with that command is that the shell will swallow
>> the double quotes.   These need to be passed to the SNMP
>> command, so that it can distinguish between implied string
>> index values ('www') and explicit-length ones ("www")
>
>        No, the shell will eat the single quotes on the outside and leave the 
> doubles as-is.  I know this works on bourne shells - are you perhaps using a 
> csh?


No - I'm using bash.

However, I'm also using a relatively small font, and hadn't spotted
the enclosing single quotes.
My apologies.

Ed - either Mike's suggestion or mine should work.
In either case, the effect is to pass the double-quotes round "www"
through to the snmpwalk command.

Dave

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