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ESXi: get the IP address of a host running VMware tools
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -i hostname | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | xargs vim-cmd vmsvc/get.guest | grep ipAddress | sed -n 1p | cut -d '"' -f 2 | |
| # or | |
| ssh esxi.example.com /bin/vim-cmd vmsvc/get.guest $(ssh esxi.example.com /bin/vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -i hostname | cut -d ' ' -f 1) | grep ipAddress | sed -n 1p | cut -d '"' -f 2 |
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How are you getting that to work? Busybox supports neither grep's -w or -x commands? Did you install a 3rd party grep?