Get UID from Host object

[bhaizlett123]

Hello, 

I am trying to get the UID from a host object

I tried the following mgmt_cli command from the smart console terminal and I keep getting the following error:

show host name "my_host" --format json | jq ".uid"

ERROR: the parameters of show-host command should be provided in pairs (key and value). You have provided an odd number of parameters which suggests that you are probably missing a parameter.

I am running Gaia R80.40 mgmt server

[Bob_Zimmerman]

What if you just do the `show host name "my_host"` part? No format specifier, no pipeline.

What about `show host name "my_host" --format json`, leaving off just the pipeline at the end?

I haven't used the API command line in SmartConsole, but I suspect it may not support pipelines.

[bhaizlett123]

Bob thank you for your response, and yes if I remove the pipeline at the end it works no issues. Only when adding the pipeline I get the errors, is using the pipeline with jq not supported when using the smart console cli terminal?

[PhoneBoy]

The CLI in SmartConsole is not a general purpose shell, thus that command will not work.
You need to do that command from an SSH/console connection in Expert mode.