"chooses not to configure printers with either reserved IP or static IP and if there is a major disruption, we have to go chasing down printers." - sounds like the customer enjoys shooting himself on the foot on purpose. I hope your contract is hourly based and such chases yield you some money.
On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:14 PM Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > To come full circle on this topic, the point of the arp vs. ip n show > disscusion was my attempt to expand what comes out of lpstat -v to > include MAC. I deal with a customer that chooses not to configure > printers with either reserved IP or static IP and if there is a major > disruption, we have to go chasing down printers. > > Did I mention that this customer is in Lake Charles, LA? Can you say > two hurricanes in one year? I thought you could... > > So here is the synopsis of what I came up with for my and your future > reference. > > - lpstat -v > somefile.txt > massage somefile.txt to remove non-relevant printers, i.e. those at > other locations not affected by said hurricane > > -create a handy printmung.sed script > s_device for _echo "_ > s_ socket://_" `ip n show _ > s_:9100_`_ > (note the "_" is the edit delimiter so as to avoid conflict with > the > "//" in line two.) > > - cat somefile.txt | sed -f printmung.sed > myscript.sh > > - edit myscript.sh to include the #!/bin/bash and check things over > - chmod 755 myscript.sh > -./myscript.sh > nextfile.txt > > YMMV > > Howard > > > On 10/9/20 3:26 PM, Howard White wrote: > > I figured out ip n show and it's output is actually cleaner than arp -a. > > > > Howard > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 15:21 dbacus67 <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Howard, > > > > Shell functions in .bashrc for the win! > > > > arp() { > > if [ "$1" = "-v" ] > > then > > ip -s neigh > > else > > ip neigh > > fi > > } > > > > Not a perfect example, since I'm typing this on my phone, but enough > > to give a start if you have a mind to do so. > > > > However, I'm old, cranky, and don't need to change 30 some years of > > knowing arp, ifconfig, etc. for the "convenience" of the new kids > > coming into IT... LOL! I'm sure that I will be working on these at > > some point. > > > > I hope that everyone has a great weekend! > > > > Dan > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Howard White <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Date: 10/9/20 11:19 (GMT-06:00) > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: [nlug] Whaddyamean net-tools is deprecated??? > > > > I am not the most versed student of the arp command so I hit the man > > page to get more info only to see, in passing, that the entire > > net-tools > > package is now "obsolete" and no longer maintained. Okay, I admit > that > > I have gotten prior hints about that with the ifconfig command as > well. > > > > No more arp, hello ip n. > > > > So I've searched up this cheat sheet: > > > > < > https://iamhow.com/Technical_Notes/Replacement_commands_for_net-tools_cheatsheet.html > > > > > > Swell. > > > > Remember all of our grousing about systemd? grouse, grouse, grouse, > > grouse... > > > > Howard > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/358b1f2a-6477-fa25-a6d0-1b11f69111a3%40vcch.com > . > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/5f80bb86.1c69fb81.77a10.6ce6%40mx.google.com > > < > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/5f80bb86.1c69fb81.77a10.6ce6%40mx.google.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > >. > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAPqCJbLxnxSNNq9jP%3DVy2jajTCaTFsZ%2BJ_U86ej8LgGkowN93A%40mail.gmail.com > > < > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAPqCJbLxnxSNNq9jP%3DVy2jajTCaTFsZ%2BJ_U86ej8LgGkowN93A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > >. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/0d3d843b-70b4-b030-c77f-7f8260bc8974%40vcch.com > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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