In article <6e52db905de447530ff164eb9130a9fc.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Dells running CentOS 6, we could use this command > ipmitool delloem lcd set mode userdefined "$(uname -n | sed -e 's/\..*//' )" > to set the little LCD screen to display the system name, In the latest > sevens, it fails, and gives me usage for the command... which displays > exactly that syntax. > > Anyone have a clue? What do you get if you put "echo" before "ipmitool" to see the whole command instead of executing it? Have you tried running it with a literal name for testing? And instead of munging the output of uname, you can just do $(hostname -s) Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://tony.mountifield.org _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos