[Xymon] display multiple line status

[Jeremy Laidman]

I don't think the xymon command will do any escaping.  Instead you need to
pass the newline literally.  Why is it you can't use a file?  Knowing why
you're constrained would make it easier to propose a suitable solution.

You could do something like this:

$XYMON $XYMSRV "status www,foo,com.http green `date` Web OK
second line"

Or to make it more readable:

NL='
' # newline
$XYMON $XYMSRV "status www,foo,com.http green `date` Web OK${NL}second line"

Or maybe this would work for you:

printf "status www,foo,com.http green `date` Web OK\nsecond line\n" | $XYMON
$XYMSRV "@"

Or of you don't like to use printf:

{ echo "status www,foo,com.http green `date` Web OK"; echo "second line\n";
} | $XYMON $XYMSRV "@"

Cheers
Jeremy



On 10 May 2013 10:02, P Yeung <p3yeung at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using xymon 4.3.11.
>
> Using the example shown in "man xymon",
>
>     > $XYMON $XYMSRV "status www,foo,com.http green `date` Web OK"
>
> I can see the status displayed as a single line in the xymon server.
>
>     Thu May 9 16:52:07 PDT 2013 Web OK
>
> I need to display multiple lines to the xymon server, with the data in the
> command line rather than a file.  I tried,
>
>     > $XYMON $XYMSRV "status www,foo,com.http green `date` Web OK\n second
> line"
>
> But the status is displayed in one line instead of two in the xymon server
>
>      Thu May 9 16:52:47 PDT 2013 Web OK\n second line
>
> What escape character should I use to specify new line?
>
> Thanks
> P Yeung
>
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