SNMPBULKGET(1) Net-SNMP SNMPBULKGET(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

snmpbulkget - communicates with a network entity using SNMP GETBULK requests.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**snmpbulkget** \[COMMON OPTIONS] \[-Cn <num>] \[-Cr <NUM>] AGENT OID \[OID]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**snmpbulkget** is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP GETBULK request to query a network entity efficiently for information. 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)*](/man/os/net-snmp/variables.5).

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 why the request was malformed.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-Cn<NUM>**](#Cn)

Set the *non-repeaters* field in the GETBULK PDU. This specifies the number of supplied variables that should not be iterated over. The default is 0.

[**-Cr<NUM>**](#Cr)

Set the *max-repetitions* field in the GETBULK PDU. This specifies the maximum number of iterations over the repeating variables. The default is 10.

In addition to these options, **snmpbulkget** takes the common options described in the [*snmpcmd(1)*](/man/os/net-snmp/snmpcmd.1) manual page. Note that **snmpbulkget** REQUIRES an argument specifying the agent to query and at least one OID argument, as described there.

# [EXAMPLE](#EXAMPLE)

The command:

snmpbulkget -v2c -Cn1 -Cr5 -Os -c public zeus system ifTable

will retrieve the variable system.sysDescr.0 (which is the lexicographically next object to system) and the first 5 objects in the ifTable:

sysDescr.0 = STRING: "SunOS zeus.net.cmu.edu 4.1.3\_U1 1 sun4m"  
ifIndex.1 = INTEGER: 1  
ifIndex.2 = INTEGER: 2  
ifDescr.1 = STRING: "lo0"  
et cetera.

# [NOTE](#NOTE)

As the name implies, **snmpbulkget** utilizes the SNMP GETBULK message, which is not available in SNMPv1.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[snmpcmd(1)](/man/os/net-snmp/snmpcmd.1), [variables(5)](/man/os/net-snmp/variables.5), RFC 1905.

01 May 2002 V5.9.5.2

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Document: snmpbulkget(1) from net-snmp 5.9.5.2-r11 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/net-snmp/net-snmp.git