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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 16:56:56 +0200
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Subject: Re: Parse output of "net use", but language varies - force language
 for "net use"?
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
From: Mark Liam Brown via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 4:31 PM Bill Stewart via Cygwin
<cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 7:45 AM Mark Liam Brown via Cygwin wrote:
>
> I am trying to parse the output of "net use" in a bash script, but hit
> > a roadblock:
> > The output of "net use" changes with the language of the system
> > (English, Danish, French, ...), so parsing becomes nearly impossible
> >
> > How can I force the language used by "net use" to English, even if the
> > system default language is Danish or French?
> >
>
> This sounds like an XY problem[1] to me....
>
> What is the goal you're trying to accomplish? Enumerate existing
> connections? Get drive mappings?

Basically I need every bit of information out of "net use", "net
config", "net statistics", "net view" and so on, parse it in bash or
perl, process it in bash, and output it in JSON format from the bash
script for our (Linux-based) admin report interface.

Mark
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IT Infrastructure Consultant
Windows, Linux

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