NX Switch options for getcid

2021-10-06T23:26:28Z
NX System Administration

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What switch options are available for getcid.exe (composite ID utility)?

Solution

 
 Available getcide.exe switch options are:

-v

          Prints the current version of getcid.exe. 

          ie.

          Siemens PLM Composite HostID Tool v. 8.1.0.2



 -all

         Prints all composite hostid(s) available on the system

         ie.

        COMPOSITE=177F437D4F3F - Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I217-LM
                         (MAC : 3417EBBE336A)
        COMPOSITE=C900CEB8BEC2 - VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
                         (MAC : 005056C00001)
        COMPOSITE=4CC3BFA51C3C - VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
                         (MAC : 005056C00008)




 -nopause

      Does not pause for "Press Enter key to continue"

      Useful if need to direct ouput of getcid.exe directly to a file inside a script, etc.

       ie.

      getcid -v -nopause > getcid_version.txt

Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: all
OS: n/a
OS Version: n/a
Product: NX
Application: SYSENG
Function: SYSTEM_TOOLS

Ref: 002-8006240

KB Article ID# PL8006240

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