c8y(1)

📦 version 2.56.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 c8y(1) — the operations-assert-count 411

okay so bestie, you're looking at the c8y(1) manual, and specifically the page for c8y-operations-assert-count. yes it's a mouthful, no you're not gonna say it out loud. let's go 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

c8y-operations-assert-count — literally just asserts an operation count. that's it. that's the whole vibe check 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

c8y operations assert count [flags]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so the whole point: this command checks that a device has a specific amount of operations, and then it passes your input through completely untouched. like a bouncer who checks your ID and then just... lets you walk in 💅

if the assertion is true, the input value — whether that's from stdin or an explicit argument value — gets passed untouched to stdout. and why do we care? because it's lowkey iconic for filtering a list of devices by whether they have a specific entity count, and then feeding those results into some downstream command (in the pipeline, bestie, in the pipeline 🫶).

real talk: by default, a failed assertion will not set the exit code to a non-zero value. so the command "fails" but the exit code is like 🙂 everything's fine. if you actually want a non-zero exit code in that case, use the --strict option. that's the whole tea ☕

✨ OPTIONS ✨

--attempts=-1 — number of attempts before giving up, per id (-1 = unlimited, go off king 👑)
--bulkOperationId="" — bulk operation id. only retrieve operations related to the given bulk operation.
--dateFrom="" — start date or date and time of operation.
--dateTo="" — end date or date and time of operation.
--device=[] — the ManagedObject which is the source of this event. (accepts pipeline 🫶)
--duration="30s" — timeout duration. like 30s or 1m (that's 1 minute, bestie)
--fragmentType="" — the type of fragment that must be part of the operation. i.e. c8y_Restart
-h, --help[=false] — help for count
--interval="5s" — interval to check on the status, i.e. 10s or 1min
--maximum=-1 — maximum operation count (inclusive). a value of -1 disables this check entirely ✨
--minimum=-1 — minimum operation count (inclusive). a value of -1 disables this check entirely ✨
--status="" — operation status, can be one of SUCCESSFUL, FAILED, EXECUTING or PENDING.
--strict[=false] — strict mode, fail if no match is found (the drama is the point 💀)

✨ OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS ✨

look bestie, these aren't even this command's options, they're inherited from the parent commands. but they're still here, and we're still covering every single one. no cap 🌸

--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 ✨

okay these examples are genuinely giving main character energy, watch this 🎬

$ c8y operations assert count --device 1234 --minimum 1
# => 1234 (if the ID exists)
# => <no response> (if the ID does not exist)
# Assert that a device exists, and has at least 1 operation

that one's the "does this device even exist and does it have at least one operation" check. simple, effective, slay ✨

$ c8y operations assert count --device 1234 --minimum 5 --maximum 10 --dateFrom -1d --strict
# Assert that the device with id=1111 should have between 5 and 10 operations (inclusive) in the last day
# Return an error if not

okay so this one has a range (5 to 10, inclusive bestie, don't forget inclusive) and it's looking at the last day, and it's --strict so it will actually throw hands if it doesn't match. yes the comment says id=1111 while the flag says 1234 — that's the original's business, not mine, I'm just the messenger 💀

$ c8y devices list | c8y operations assert count --maximum 0 --dateFrom -7d
# Find a list of devices which have not created any operations in the last 7 days

pipeline queen 👑 — list 'em, then filter down to the ones that have been absolute ghosts for the last 7 days. --maximum 0 meaning zero operations allowed, a true nothing-burger detector.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

c8y-operations-assert(1) — go read that one next, bestie 🫶

and that's the page!! this little gem came from the c8y manual, dated Jan 1980 (yes, literally Jan 1980, the vintage of it all 🎀), and it's page c8y(1) in the man set. mwah, go assert some counts 💖🦋✨

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