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| .TH SNMPGET 1 "13 July 1994" |
| .UC 4 |
| .SH NAME |
| snmpget - communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET Requests. |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| snmpget [ common arguments ] objectID [objectID]... |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| Snmpget is an SNMP application that uses the GET Request to query for |
| information on a network entity. One or more fully qualified object |
| identifiers may be given as arguments on the command line. |
| Each variable name is given in the format specified in |
| .IR variables (5). |
| .PP |
| For example |
| .PP |
| .I snmpget zeus public system.sysDescr.0 |
| .PP |
| will retrieve the variable system.sysDescr.0: |
| .PP |
| .I system.sysDescr.0 = |
| "SunOS zeus.net.cmu.edu 4.1.3_U1 1 sun4m" |
| .PP |
| If the network entity has an error processing the request packet, an error |
| packet will be returned and a message will be shown, helping to pinpoint in what |
| way the request was malformed. If there were other variables in the request, |
| the request will be resent without the bad variable. |
| .PP |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| snmpcmd(1), variables(5). |
