Questions on TCMD tool and usage?

tuicemen

So I just found this cool tool and have several ideas for its usage.
I've downloaded it and attempted to use it from my Raspi where TRIGGERCMD is install but I get the error {"error":"Computer not found."}
So I'm doing something wrong.
Does the file need to be in a specific folder? I have it in my /home/pi/scripts folder
does it have to be run from inside a script? I'm testing just from command line using sudo ./tcmd -t Panic
Panic is the name of my TRIGGERcmd trigger
Does it need to be run from root in this case?

tuicemen

UpDate: still no luck
I also tried sudo ./tcmd -c -t Panic
and get "No trigger specified. Use --help or -h for help."
Running as Root makes no difference

Russ

@tuicemen, it doesn't have to be in any particular folder.

You're missing the computer name in your commands. Here's an example of it working:

tcmd -c russfam -t calculator
{"message":"Trigger sent."}

You can also run this to use --list to show a list of tcmd commands - one for each of your TRIGGERcmd commands on each of your computers.

tcmd -list
0 tcmd --computer "bedroompi" --trigger "apt update"
1 tcmd --computer "bedroompi" --trigger "Bedroom" --params "(your parameters)"

Or use --help to show help:

C:\Users\russe\.TRIGGERcmdData>tcmd -h
NAME:
    tcmd - Run commands on computers in your TRIGGERcmd account
  USAGE:
    tcmd [options]

  OPTIONS:
    --trigger value, -t value   Trigger name of the command you want to run
    --computer value, -c value  Name of the computer (leave blank for your default computer)
    --params value, -p value    Any parameters you want to add to the remote command
    --list, -l                  List your commands
    --help, -h                  show help
    --version, -v               print the version

FYI, it logs in using the ~/.TRIGGERcmdData/token.tkn or C:\Users\(user)\.TRIGGERcmdData\token.tkn file depending on the OS. That token.tkn file gets written when you install the TRIGGERcmd agent.

tuicemen

@russ directions state -c option can be blank if running from default which I am I'll try adding computer name

tuicemen

Yep that did it! thanks

Russ

@tuicemen said in Questions on TMCD tool and usage?:

@russ directions state -c option can be blank if running from default which I am I'll try adding computer name

You're right, that should work. Thanks for pointing that out. I need to fix that.

EDIT: Fixed - now if you don't specify the computer it will run on your default computer.

tuicemen

@russ, thanks I'll update the tool.

tuicemen

@russ I updated the tool, option -v states: tcmd version 1.0.5
Can't remember what it was previously but I still have to input the computer name.
Maybe the issue is only for the tcmd-linux-arm file.

Russ

@tuicemen, I actually fixed it on the server side in this case. I found that it even worked on version 1.0.3

tcmd  -t calculator
{"message":"Trigger sent."}
tcmd -v
tcmd version 1.0.3

I upgraded to 1.0.5 and it still works:

tcmd -v
tcmd version 1.0.5
tcmd  -t calculator
{"message":"Trigger sent."}

tuicemen

@russ yep your right it works, guess my fat fingers got in the way.
Sorry about that.

Russ

@tuicemen, nice, no problem. I'm glad it works.

Isn't that a nice way to trigger your command from a command? I think it's easier than using curl.

tuicemen

@russ Ya it is so simple to use. I like the list option for showing trigger names. My memory isn't what it use to be and my spelling never was the greatest!