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trying to get output of a vmware command passed to another vmware command

I kickstarted an esxi server, enabled ssh and connected to it. using the command, esxcfg-mpath -l to list all the drives, I need to capture the first drive listed. So I have this command:

Code:

esxcfg-mpath -l | grep 'Device:' | head -1 | awk '{print $2}'

This gives me the proper output, which is the name of the needed drive. I need to pass this to my next command:

Code:

vmfkstools -r /vmfs/devices/disks/that_output_from_awk /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/vm1/disk.vmdk

I am running into a roadblock on how to get that done.

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Originally Posted by bbraml (Post 5717019)

I kickstarted an esxi server, enabled ssh and connected to it. using the command, esxcfg-mpath -l to list all the drives, I need to capture the first drive listed. So I have this command:

Code:

esxcfg-mpath -l | grep 'Device:' | head -1 | awk '{print $2}'

This gives me the proper output, which is the name of the needed drive. I need to pass this to my next command:

Code:

vmfkstools -r /vmfs/devices/disks/that_output_from_awk /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/vm1/disk.vmdk

I am running into a roadblock on how to get that done.

Assign a bash variable to the output from the first command.

Insert that variable in the filepath in the second command.