proc.num with comma

[ninguno]

I'm trying to create a proc.num item with a comma in the last parameter but it fails.

My test was
zabbix_agent -t proc.num[ruby,,,"server.rb -p 1,2"]
proc.num[ruby,,,ruby server.rb -p 1,2] [m|ZBX_NOTSUPPORTED]

If i remove the comma it works
zabbix_agent -t proc.num[ruby,,,"server.rb -p 1"]
proc.num[ruby,,,server.rb -p 1] [u|1]

Is this an expected behaviour? Shouldn't the comma be allowed?

[ninguno]

Sorry, anybody knows this?

[nelsonab]

Have you tried to escape the comma in the quotation? This is part of a longstanding bug in Zabbix and how it parses quoted strings.

[ninguno]

Hi nelson. Yes i tried escaping with the slash but didn't work either

zabbix_agent -t proc.num[ruby,,,"server.rb -p 1\,2"]
proc.num[ruby,,,server.rb -p 1\,2] [m|ZBX_NOTSUPPORTED]

Is there any other character to escape?
Thanks in advance!

[nelsonab]

Have a look at the following ticket. It's closed with a wontfix, but it shows a workaround: https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-3957

There is this one from a while ago as well: https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-694

Alternatively since you're using a ruby program you might be able to get around this another way. Are you using the split method on the values passed in? If so you could pass split a different character to be used as the delimiter, in which case you might be able to use the ^ character for instance. That's only if you wrote the ruby script you're using. Along those lines, you could set up another command line option in which you pass the delimiter, you will want to pull the delimiter first in your code however. ;-)

[ninguno]

Nelson, thank you very much for your help! After reading the threads yo send me I get it working making "requoting" of command with single quotes like this.

zabbix_agent -t proc.num[ruby,,,'"server.rb -p 1,2"']
proc.num[ruby,,,"server.rb -p 1,2"] [u|1]

Now its working great!