02-27-2012
@linux_learner
When posting a problem please state what Operating System and version you are running and what Shell you are using. Every time.
When you have a problem please post the script intact (blotting anything confidential with X's) and any error messages verbatim.
If there is a question about different environments please post the output from the command set for both the environment which works and the environment which does not work. Just doing this will often make the solution obvious to you. Sometimes a cron containing just set will reveal the problem.
Back on topic.
Srutinizer has cracked it. You ran a "bash" Shell in a "dash" environment. This was unguessable based on the information originally posted.
Now if you had posted the exact error messages verbatim?
The main lesson here is that "bash" has many extensions to scripting language which are really useful but which do not work at all in normal unix Shells.
When you get an error message, post the error message 100% accurately case-significant and with every space character intact.
There is no Shell which outputs "no such commands" or "invalid option with the command" but there are some which output "syntax error" but probably not in lower-case.
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openipmish
openipmish(1) Shell interface to an IPMI system openipmish(1)
NAME
openipmish - Shell interface to an IPMI system
SYNOPSIS
openipmish [option]
DESCRIPTION
The openipmish is a command interpreter that gives the full power of the OpenIPMI library to a user-level command language. It is designed
so it can easily be driven with a scripting language like TCL, it has well-formed output.
openipmish starts up with no connections or anything of that nature. You must enter commands to make connections to domains.
OPTIONS
--dmsg Turn on message debugging, this will dump all messages to debug log output.
--drawmsg
Turn on raw message debugging, this will dump all low-level messages to debug log output. This differs from normal message debug-
ging in that all protocol messages are also dumped, not just IPMI messages.
--dmem Turn on memory debugging, this will cause memory allocation and deallocations to be checked. When the program terminates, it will
dump all memory that was not properly freed (leaked).
--dmsgerr
Turn on printing out low-level message errors.
--dlock
Turn on lock debugging, this will check lock operations to make sure that locks are help in all the proper places and make sure that
locks are properly nested.
-x <string>, --execute <string>
Execute the given string at startup. This may be entered multiple times for multiple commands.
--glib Use glib for the OS handler.
--snmp Enable the SNMP trap handler. openipmish must be compiled with SNMP code enabled for this option to be available.
--help Help output
COMMANDS
openipmish follows the standard command syntax defined in ipmi_cmdlang(7). See that for the details on most commands. The IPMI manual
that comes with OpenIPMI will also be quite handy.
openipmish defines some commands that are not in the standard command language. These are:
read Read and execute commands from the given file.
exit Quit
redisp_cmd on|off
Normally, openipmish redisplays the command line when an event comes in. This is nice for interactive use, but bad for scripting.
This lets you turn that function on and off.
SEE ALSO
ipmi_cmdlang(7), ipmi_ui(1)
KNOWN PROBLEMS
None
AUTHOR
Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.org>
OpenIPMI 05/13/03 openipmish(1)