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Is it possible to read arguments from a file. i have 5 processes to be monitored instead of creating 5 processes config manually i want it to read the arguments from a file.

If the plugin you're using supports reading parameters from a file, then yes. If it doesn't, you could always write a short shell script wrapper than does, and then passes them off to the appropriate plugin command.

or as part of the command you could add the following where the arguments should come from

True. Shell-based file substitution is an option as well. It may get confusing if you have to escape that inside an NRPE request or something else, though.

Let us know if this doesn't work for you.

Thanks Scott i tested your idea and implemented it. Also tested eloyd idea using wrapper script also works.

Glad to see it was resolved!!

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