snmpget - communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET requests

snmpget  is  an  SNMP  application  that  uses the SNMP GET request to query for information on a network
       entity.  One or more object identifiers (OIDs) may be given as  arguments  on  the  command  line.   Each
       variable name is given in the format specified in variables(5).

       The command:

           snmpget -c public zeus system.sysDescr.0

       will retrieve the variable system.sysDescr.0 from the host zeus using the community string public :

           system.sysDescr.0 = "SunOS zeus.net.cmu.edu 4.1.3_U1 1 sun4m"

       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.

       Here is another example. The -c and -v options are defined in the  snmpcmd(1)  manual  page.  (Note  that
       system.sysUpTime is an incomplete OID, as it needs the .0 index appended to it):

           snmpget -v1 -Cf -c public localhost system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0

       This example will return the following:

           Error in packet
           Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
           This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime

       Similarly, the command:
           snmpget -v1 -c public localhost system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0

       Will return:

           Error in packet
           Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
           This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime

           system.sysContact.0 = STRING: root@localhost

       With the -Cf flag specified the application will not try to fix the PDU for you.

       snmpget - communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET requests

-Cf     If  -Cf is not specified, some applications (snmpdelta, snmpget, snmpgetnext and snmpstatus) will
               try to fix errors returned by the agent that you were talking to and  resend  the  request.   The
               only  time  this is really useful is if you specified a OID that didn't exist in your request and
               you're using SNMPv1 which requires "all or nothing" kinds of requests.

       In addition to this option, snmpget takes the common options described in  the  snmpcmd(1)  manual  page.
       Note  that  snmpget  REQUIRES an argument specifying the agent to query and at least one OID argument, as
       described there.

snmpcmd(1), snmpwalk(1), variables(5).

V5.9.4.pre2                                        18 Jun 2007                                        SNMPGET(1)

snmpget [COMMON OPTIONS] [-Cf] AGENT OID [OID]...