I have tried this #!/bin/sh $output=`/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_snmp -H $1 -o $2` if [ $output = 0 ] echo "low paper" if [ $output = 1 ] echo "no Paper" if [ $output = 2 ] echo "low Toner" . . . exit ($value) i get this errors : ../libexec/check_Xerox_Status: line 3: =SNMP: command not found ../libexec/check_Xerox_Status: line 65: syntax error near unexpected token `$value' ../libexec/check_Xerox_Status: line 65: `exit ($value)' I am totally walking blind there as i could say it is my first script, can you give a hand? Thanks and i get this error <div> 2006/2/8, Sumit Malhotra <<a href="mailto:smalhotra@dataarmor.net">smalhotra@dataarmor.net</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> _____ From: <a href="mailto:nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net </a>] On Behalf Of Toto Capuccino Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 2:52 PM To: Nagios Subject: [Nagios-users] Need pointer Hi, I need a pointer to do the following : i am checking the staus of printers with check_snmp -H x.x.x.x -o OID the snmp check returns a value between 0 and 14 that corresponds to a state Condition Bit # lowPaper 0 noPaper 1 lowToner 2 noToner 3 doorOpen 4 jammed 5 offline 6 serviceRequested 7 inputTrayMissing 8 outputTrayMissing 9 markerSupplyMissing 10 outputNearFull 11 outputFull 12 inputTrayEmpty 13 overduePreventMaint 14 What i want to do is to make appear the value in the output of the check. How can i do that ? Write a wrapper script which instead of returning OID in output returns the State instead of NUMBERIC value. The script could be like #!/bin/sh output= `/usr/bin/local/Nagios/check_snmp -H $1 -o $2` if [ $output = 0 ] echo "lowpaper" exit ($value) </blockquote></div> -- Le bon sens est la chose du monde la mieux partagée.