[Nagiosplug-help] Nonprintable characters in check_tcp

[Darren Gamble]

Good day,

I am attempting to configure the check_tcp plugin to check a custom TCP
service of ours.

However, the string that the check needs to send to the service contains
nonprintable characters.  I've experimented with a number of ways to escape
them through the shell on the command line, but nothing works.

I don't think there's any way to do this with the plugin, but, I thought
that there might be something that I haven't thought of (or if someone can
confirm that there is indeed no way to do this with the existing plugin).

Thanks in advance,

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Darren Gamble
Planner, Regional Services
Shaw Cablesystems GP
630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2P 4L4
(403) 781-4948