c8y(1)

📦 version 2.56.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 c8y-devices-assert-exists 💖

okay bestie, this is the c8y(1) manual page for c8y-devices-assert-exists ✨ and it's literally here to assert that a device exists (or doesn't) and then pass your input along untouched. no cap. 🫶

💖 NAME 💖

c8y-devices-assert-exists — assert existence of a device 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

c8y devices assert exists [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this command does a vibe check on whether a device exists or not, and then passes the input untouched 💖

If the assertion is true, then the input value (from stdin or an explicit argument value) will be passed untouched to stdout. This is useful if you want to filter a list of managed objects by whether they exist or not in the platform, and use the results in some downstream command (in the pipeline). iykyk 🌈

⚠️ by default, a failed assertion will not set the exit code to a non-zero value. If you want a non-zero exit code in that case, use the --strict option. periodt.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --attempts=-1 — number of attempts before giving up per id (-1 = unlimited) 💀
  • --device=[] — the ManagedObject which is the source of this event. (accepts pipeline) 🫶
  • --duration="30s" — timeout duration. i.e. 30s or 1m (1 minute) ⏳
  • -h, --help[=false] — help for exists ✨
  • --interval="5s" — interval to check on the status, i.e. 10s or 1min 🕰️
  • --not[=false] — negate the match 🙃
  • --strict[=false] — strict mode, fail if no match is found 🔥

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

  • --abortOnErrors=10 — abort batch when reaching specified number of errors 🛑
  • --allowEmptyPipe[=false] — don't fail when piped input is empty (stdin) 🎀
  • --cache[=false] — enable cached responses 🧚
  • --cacheBodyPaths=[] — cache should limit hashing of selected paths in the json body. Empty indicates all values 🍓
  • --cacheTTL="60s" — cache time-to-live (TTL) as a duration, i.e. 60s, 2m ⏱️
  • -c, --compact[=false] — compact instead of pretty-printed output when using json output. Pretty print is the default if output is the terminal 💅
  • --confirm[=false] — prompt for confirmation 🙈
  • --confirmText="" — custom confirmation text 💬
  • --currentPage=0 — current page which should be returned 📄
  • --customQueryParam=[] — add custom URL query parameters. i.e. --customQueryParam 'withCustomOption=true,myOtherOption=myvalue' 🔗
  • --debug[=false] — set very verbose log messages 🔍
  • --delay="0ms" — delay after each request, i.e. 5ms, 1.2s 🕐
  • --delayBefore="0ms" — delay before each request, i.e. 5ms, 1.2s 🕑
  • --dry[=false] — dry run. Don't send any data to the server 🚫
  • --dryFormat="markdown" — dry run output format. i.e. json, dump, markdown or curl 📝
  • --examples[=false] — show examples for the current command ✨
  • --filter=[] — apply a client side filter to response before returning it to the user 🧼
  • --flatten[=false] — flatten json output by replacing nested json properties with properties where their names are represented by dot notation 🪄
  • -f, --force[=false] — do not prompt for confirmation. Ignored when using --confirm 💪
  • -H, --header=[] — custom headers. i.e. --header "Accept: value, AnotherHeader: myvalue" 📬
  • --includeAll[=false] — include all results by iterating through each page 📚
  • -k, --insecure[=false] — allow insecure server connections when using SSL 🔓
  • -l, --logMessage="" — add custom message to the activity log 🗒️
  • --maxJobs=0 — maximum number of jobs. 0 = unlimited (use with caution!) 💀
  • --noAccept[=false] — ignore Accept header will remove the Accept header from requests, however PUT and POST requests will only see the effect 🙅
  • --noCache[=false] — force disabling of cached responses (overwrites cache setting) 🧊
  • -M, --noColor[=false] — don't use colors when displaying log entries on the console 🎨
  • --noLog[=false] — disables the activity log for the current command 🚫
  • --noProgress[=false] — disable progress bars 🛑
  • --noProxy[=false] — ignore the proxy settings 🚪
  • -n, --nullInput[=false] — don't read the input (stdin). Useful if using in shell for/while loops 🔁
  • -o, --output="table" — output format i.e. table, json, csv, csvheader 📊
  • --outputFile="" — save JSON output to file (after select/view) 💾
  • --outputFileRaw="" — save raw response to file (before select/view) 🗃️
  • --outputTemplate="" — jsonnet template to apply to the output 🧩
  • -p, --pageSize=5 — maximum results per page 📄
  • --progress[=false] — show progress bar. This will also disable any other verbose output 📈
  • --proxy="" — proxy setting, i.e. http://10.0.0.1:8080 🌐
  • -r, --raw[=false] — show raw response. This mode will force output=json and view=off 🥩
  • --retries=3 — max number of attempts when a failed http call is encountered 🔁
  • --select=[] — comma separated list of properties to return. wildcards and globstar accepted, i.e. --select 'id,name,type,**.serialNumber' 🎯
  • --session="" — session configuration 🔐
  • --sessionMode="" — override default session mode for a single command which would normally be disabled 🧚
  • -P, --sessionPassword="" — override session password 🔑
  • -U, --sessionUsername="" — override session username. i.e. peter or t1234/peter (with tenant) 👤
  • --silentExit[=false] — silent status codes do not affect the exit code 🤫
  • --silentStatusCodes="" — status codes which will not print out an error message 🙊
  • --timeout="600s" — request timeout duration, i.e. 60s, 2m ⏳
  • --totalPages=0 — total number of pages to get 📚
  • -v, --verbose[=false] — verbose logging 🗣️
  • --view="auto" — use views when displaying data on the terminal. Disable using --view off 👀
  • --withError[=false] — errors will be printed on stdout instead of stderr 🚨
  • --withTotalElements[=false] — request Cumulocity to include the total elements in the response statistics under .statistics.totalElements (introduced in 10.13) 🔢
  • -t, --withTotalPages[=false] — request Cumulocity to include the total pages in the response statistics under .statistics.totalPages 📄
  • --workers=1 — number of workers 👯

🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

$ c8y devices assert exists --id 1234
# => 1234 (if the ID exists)
# => <no response> (if the ID does not exist)
# Assert the managed object exists

$ echo "1111" | c8y devices assert exists
# Pass the piped input only on if the ids exists as a managed object

$ echo -e "1111\n2222" | c8y devices assert exists --not
# Only select the managed object ids which do not exist

$ echo 1 | c8y devices assert exists --strict
# Return non-zero exit code if a managed object id=1 does not exist

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

c8y-devices-assert(1) — go read that one too, bestie 🫶

this cutie is from the c8y(1) manual and is dated Jan 1980 — bye bestie, slay responsibly 👑💖

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